Tales of Ordinary Madness Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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Tales of Ordinary Madness Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mary taking Mad Jimmy to court for?
(a) Fraud.
(b) Assault and battery.
(c) Murder.
(d) Theft.

2. Where does Bukowski stay one summer?
(a) A hotel.
(b) The Poet's Cottage.
(c) A friend's house.
(d) A dorm room.

3. What does Bukowski buy with his food coupons in Love it or Leave it?
(a) Cans of food.
(b) Milk.
(c) Beer.
(d) Cheese and bread.

4. What does Mr. Sneed do with the food Mrs. Connors brings him?
(a) Refuses it.
(b) Pretends he likes it.
(c) Throws it outside the window.
(d) Eats it all enthusiastically.

5. What does Mrs. Connors bring Mr. Sneed?
(a) Sandwich.
(b) Homemade soup.
(c) Homemade casserole.
(d) Bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Chinasky avoid at a party?

2. What is the name of one of the boys who teases Mr. Sneed?

3. What does Bukowski realize he is missing in jail?

4. What gift does Bukowksi give the couple for their wedding?

5. Who does Bukowski drink heavily with prior to the Great Zen Wedding ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Bukowski and Maxie leave the conversation with in A Quiet Conversation Piece?

2. What does the narrator of Goodbye Watson think about literature?

3. In My Stay in the Poet's Cottage, how does Bukowski reply to the editor who is shocked at his walking in the stifling heat rather than wait for the bus?

4. Describe Mr. Sneed in A Dollar and 20 Cents.

5. How does the girlfriend insult her boyfriend in Too Sensitive?

6. How does Bukowksi obey social conventions when attending the wedding in The Great Zen Wedding?

7. In Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit, how does Bukowski feel about his fans, and why?

8. What is the fan's fault in thinking, according to Bukowski in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?

9. What does Bukowski realize in the jail cell in No Stockings?

10. What distinct human traits are revealed in Rape! Rape!?

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