You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Chinaski assures the readers that even though he writes less about drinking and prostitutes, what is still intact?

2. What is the occupation of the subject in "That's Why Funerals Are So Sad"?

3. In which poem does Bukowski relate his famous origin story?

4. In "Rift," who gets mad at Chinaski?

5. In "Termites of the Page," whom does Bukowski lambast?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Chinaski portrayed in "Zero"?

2. Which poems best reflect Chinaski's connection to generations of artists preceding him and why?

3. In his poems, Bukowski acknowledges that all people have what, and why?

4. What is the poem "Together" about?

5. What relationships are defined in "A Non-urgent Poem" and "For My Ivy League Friends"?

6. What type of conflict does "Red Mercedes" describe?

7. What is Chinaski's view of solitude?

8. Describe the message of "For the Concerned."

9. What recurring motif is made most apparent in "Rift"?

10. How is the Chinaski of 1986 described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An allegory is a literary device used to show that a part represents a whole. Describe the use of allegory in at least one of Bukowski's poems. Then explain why the use of allegory is effective or ineffective.

Essay Topic 2

What role does Chinaski's father play in the poems? What effect does he have on Chinaski and why? Can you see ways in which he has influenced Chinaski?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Chinaski's connection of populism to his distaste for the Lost Generation. In what other ways does Chinaski exhibit populism?

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