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Quiz about Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje

'Coming Through Slaughter' by Michael Ondaatje Quiz

This quiz is about the novel 'Coming Through Slaughter' by Michael Ondaatje, a partly fictionalized account of the life of jazz musician 'Buddy' Bolden.

A multiple-choice quiz by 2004. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
2004

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
233,796

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
143

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What was Buddy's real first name? Hint

William

Louis

Charles

Matthew

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who does Buddy attack with a razor? Hint

Tom Pickett

Jaelin Brewitt

Willy Cornish

Mutt Carey

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Question 3 of 10

3. Were Buddy and Nora married?

Yes

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who does Bellocq take photographs of? Hint

Dancers

Prostitutes

Musicians

Barber shop customers

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of Buddy's newspaper? Hint

The Hornet

The Grasshopper

The Cricket

The Cicada

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Question 6 of 10

6. How did Bellocq die? Hint

By water

By earth

By fire

By air

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Question 7 of 10

7. What religion was Buddy? Hint

Methodist

Episcopalian

Presbyterian

Baptist

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the married woman Buddy falls in love with?

Answer: (one word - first name)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Buddy is sent to a psychiatric hospital. What is the name of the patient who escapes? Hint

Bertram King

Bertram Earl

Bertram Lord

Bertram Duke

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Question 10 of 10

10. What instrument did Buddy play? Hint

Trumpet

Clarinet

Saxophone

Cornet

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Buddy's real first name?

Answer: Charles

He had a son called Charles Bolden Jr., by a woman named Hattie.

2. Who does Buddy attack with a razor?

Answer: Tom Pickett

While being shaved, Tom tells Buddy he has slept with Buddy's wife. Buddy slices Tom's nipple off.

3. Were Buddy and Nora married?

Answer: No

Although she is referred to as his wife throughout the novel, in the page of known information about Buddy we are told that he never married.

4. Who does Bellocq take photographs of?

Answer: Prostitutes

The first prostitute he photographed was Nora, after Buddy persuaded her to let him.

5. What was the name of Buddy's newspaper?

Answer: The Cricket

It existed from 1899 to 1905 and "respected stray facts, manic theories and well-told lies".

6. How did Bellocq die?

Answer: By fire

He set fire to a room with himself in it.

7. What religion was Buddy?

Answer: Baptist

This a true fact. He was born in New Orleans in 1876.

8. What is the name of the married woman Buddy falls in love with?

Answer: Robin

Buddy stays with Robin Brewitt and her husband Jaelin for two years without telling his family or friends where he is.

9. Buddy is sent to a psychiatric hospital. What is the name of the patient who escapes?

Answer: Bertram Lord

When Lord was brought back he had concealed the sharpened bottom of a Coke bottle, which the patients used to cut their tendons in a protest on their maltreatment.

10. What instrument did Buddy play?

Answer: Cornet

"When he bought a cornet he'd shine it up and make it glisten like a woman's leg".

Source: Author 2004

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