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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of music does Bukowski think about in Notes of a Potential Suicide?
2. What emotion does Bukowski feel within himself in A Rain of Women?
3. What are the young men in The Big Pot Game high on?
4. Why does Bukowski hate the woman who has entered the shop in A Rain of Women?
5. What happens at the end of Beers and Poets and Talk?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Bukowski think of current poets and comic strips in Eyes Like the Sky?
2. Describe the woman in One for Walter Lowenfels.
3. What is different about Beer and Poets and Talk than the other short stories in Tales of Ordinary Madness?
4. Why does Bukowski cry after burning the blanket in The Blanket?
5. Why is the idea that every man can be a pest scary in Notes on the Pest?
6. How does Bukowski's obsession with death and sex show up in Notes of a Potential Suicide?
7. What else does Bukowski realize about himself when he sees Luke in I Shot a Man in Reno?
8. What do Bukowski's visitors take away from him in A Popular Man?
9. Why does Bukowski usually avoid talking about literature, and what reminds him of of this in Beer and Poets and Talk?
10. How do the older men contrast with the younger ones in The Big Pot Game?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"Reunion" and "Cunt and Kant and a Happy Home" both contain characters with an addiction--one has an addiction to alcohol, while the other has a gambling addiction. How do each characters' addiction affect their life? Does it affect anyone around them, and if so, how? Describe the cycle of addiction as seen in the stories. Make sure you answer each question with evidence and support from the stories.
Essay Topic 2
Many different ideas and themes are connected in Tales of Ordinary Madness, but "Notes of a Potential Suicide" reveals connections that are more obvious. What connections are revealed in the story? How is the symphony connected to the Air Show event? What makes them memorable or important for Bukowski? Make sure you answer each question with evidence and support from the story.
Essay Topic 3
Though all his stories are about humans, Bukowski continues to display how inhumane man can be, and "Love it or Leave it" displays the brutality of man. What acts of brutality or displayed in the story? Give at least two examples. Which act of brutality was the worst, and why? Make sure you answer each question with evidence and support from the story.
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