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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: To Each His Chimera, The Fool and Venus & The Dog and the Vial.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of "A Joker" think of his society?
(a) That it is "growing poorer."
(b) That it is being taken over by animals.
(c) That it is a "splendid imbecile."
(d) That it is "well educated."

2. What does Baudelaire say about friends in "The Foreigner"?
(a) He does not know the meaning.
(b) They waste time.
(c) He only has a few.
(d) They are more important than family.

3. How does the narrator describe the dog after he smells the perfume in "The Dog and the Vial"?
(a) Ill tempered.
(b) Smelly.
(c) Admirable.
(d) Miserable.

4. Why does Baudelaire mention clouds in "The Foreigner"?
(a) Because they represent God.
(b) Because they are loved.
(c) Because they send rain.
(d) Because they are not human.

5. What does the narrator ask the men in "To Each His Chimera"?
(a) Where they are going.
(b) How heavy the chimeras are.
(c) Who is in control.
(d) When they found the chimeras.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the baby boy do when he sees the old woman in "The Old Woman's Despair"?

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

3. In "The Double Room", what wakes the narrator from his dream?

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

5. In "To Arsène Houssaye", what does the author say reading Aloysius Bertrand made him want to do?

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