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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: The Fairies' Gifts, The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame & Evening Twilight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator not go to speak to the mountebank about his wares in "The Old Mountebank"?
(a) He does not have any money.
(b) He starts talking to a woman.
(c) He does not like what he is selling.
(d) He does not want to embarrass him.

2. How does the tradesman react to his child's gift in "The Fairies' Gifts"?
(a) He laughs at it.
(b) He wants the fairy to explain it to him.
(c) He tries to pay the fairy.
(d) He demands a better gift.

3. In "The Old Woman's Despair", to what does the old woman compare herself?
(a) A scarecrow.
(b) An empty house.
(c) A wilted flower.
(d) A setting sun.

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

5. In "The Fool and Venus", what is the man dressed like a jester doing?
(a) Staring at a statue.
(b) Performing in a park.
(c) Drawing a picture.
(d) Begging for money.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator call the woman on the bed?

2. In "The Fool and Venus", at what or where does the narrator notice Venus staring?

3. Why does the narrator suggest people should buy toys in "The Toy of the Poor"?

4. In "The Widows", why is the woman by the gate not allowed in the concert?

5. In the beginning of "At One in the Morning", how does the narrator feel about his life?

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