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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 does Gordon approach a house for in Animal Crackers in My Soup?
(a) Some food.
(b) To use a phone.
(c) Some company.
(d) A glass of water.

2. In Animal Crackers In My Soup, where has Carol spent time before?
(a) The hospital.
(b) Prison.
(c) A madhouse.
(d) Abroad.

3. What does Bukowski say in Notes on a Pest that every man has inside him?
(a) Evil.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Goodness.
(d) A pest.

4. What does Bukowski do with his phone in Notes on a Pest?
(a) Breaks it.
(b) Puts it in a box of rags.
(c) Throws it out the window.
(d) Disconnects it.

5. When does one particular pest call Bukowski?
(a) Noon.
(b) Every morning.
(c) Every night.
(d) Midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In I shot a man in Reno, how long is Bukowski hired for his job?

2. Which animal does Gordon catch Carol with first?

3. In Night Streets of Madness, where do Bukowski and the young poet sit?

4. What does Bukowski say to the young poet about the incident between the boy and the old man in In Night Streets of Madness?

5. What is Bukowski sick with in A Popular Man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bukowski think of sex in Purple as an Iris?

2. What is Bukowski's idea of justness in his society?

3. Who is causing all the noise with the car horn in Night Streets of Madness, and why?

4. Why does Bukowski welcome death in A Popular Man?

5. What is ironic about Bukowski's observations in A Bad Trip?

6. What is different about Beer and Poets and Talk than the other short stories in Tales of Ordinary Madness?

7. Why does Bukowski think that current poets and comic strips create their art the way they do?

8. Why is the idea that every man can be a pest scary in Notes on the Pest?

9. What does Carol do for Gordon to help him in Animal Crackers in My Soup?

10. What happens at the end of the Flower Horse?

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