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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 emotions does Bukowski think a good poet should inspire, as described in Eyes Like the Sky?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Fear and awe.
(d) Sadness.

2. In Beer and Poets and Talk, what does Bukowski think of the poets?
(a) The best of them are emerging.
(b) Many of the greats still live.
(c) Many of the greats have died.
(d) Great poets are gone forever.

3. What does Bukowski's final visitor give him?
(a) A coffin.
(b) A novel.
(c) A check.
(d) A book of poetry.

4. What is the name of the orangutan in Animal Crackers in My Soup?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Bilbo.
(c) Carol.
(d) Gordon.

5. What does Bukowski say to the young poet about the incident between the boy and the old man in In Night Streets of Madness?
(a) It is his fault.
(b) It was just.
(c) The poet should have stopped it.
(d) It was wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman that Bukowski has relations with in Purple as an Iris?

2. Who does Bukowski hate in Flower Horse?

3. In One for Walter Lowenfels, where does the man's daughter need to go today?

4. What emotion does Bukowski feel within himself in A Rain of Women?

5. In Notes on the Pest, what does a pest talk to Bukowski about at the diner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bukowski think of current poets and comic strips in Eyes Like the Sky?

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

3. What does Bukowski think of citizens today in A Bad Trip?

4. What does Bukowski think of people's taste in music?

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

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

7. How do the older men contrast with the younger ones in The Big Pot Game?

8. What does Tina represent in One for Walter Lowenfels?

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

10. What does the murder of Carol's zoo in Animal Crackers in My Soup represent?

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