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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: The Clock, A Hemisphere in Her Hair, Invitation to the Voyage & The Toy of the Poor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Bad Glazier", why does the narrator's friend start a forest fire?
(a) To frighten his wife.
(b) It is an accident.
(c) Because he falls asleep while smoking a cigar.
(d) To see how quickly it spread.

2. After the narrator wakes up in "The Double Room", what does he realize he must do?
(a) Return to work.
(b) Take a vacation.
(c) Go back to sleep.
(d) Pay bills.

3. In "The Clock", how do the Chinese tell time using cats?
(a) They pet them.
(b) They look into their eyes.
(c) They have them stare in the sun.
(d) They watch their tails.

4. In "The Foreigner", how is beauty described?
(a) As a goal.
(b) As a goddess.
(c) As a fool.
(d) As a game.

5. In "A Joker", what does the donkey do when he sees the man?
(a) The donkey bites him.
(b) The donkey trots on.
(c) The donkey goes to beg food from the man.
(d) The donkey kicks his legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hair feel like in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?

2. In "The Widows", what do the poor do with their grief?

3. Why does the narrator not go to speak to the mountebank about his wares in "The Old Mountebank"?

4. In "The Foreigner", what emotions does Baudelaire tie to gold?

5. In "At One in the Morning", what allows the narrator to relax?

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