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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: The Widows, The Old Mountebank & Cake.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Bad Glazier", why does the narrator suppose demons take over people?
(a) Because they cannot explain their actions.
(b) Because he believes people are good.
(c) Because everyone he knows acts possessed.
(d) Because God is not in all men.

2. In "The Foreigner", what emotions does Baudelaire tie to gold?
(a) Love.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Passion.

3. In "To Each His Chimera", what color is the sky?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

4. In "The Double Room", what wakes the narrator from his dream?
(a) A clap of thunder.
(b) A woman yelling.
(c) The rising sun.
(d) A knock.

5. In "To Arsène Houssaye", what does Baudelaire say this work lacks?
(a) A head or tail.
(b) Sophistication.
(c) The touches of an editor.
(d) Common sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what bothers the narrator about the woman?

2. In "To Each His Chimera", how does the narrator describe the chimera on the backs of the men?

3. What does the narrator drop on the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?

4. Where does the narrator of "The Dog and The Vial" get the perfume?

5. In "The Old Woman's Despair", to what does the old woman compare herself?

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