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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 season does the poet reflect upon in "The Artist's Confiteor"?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

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

3. What word does Baudelaire use to describe clouds in "The Foreigner"?
(a) Dramatic.
(b) Painful.
(c) Wonderful.
(d) Dark.

4. How does the narrator of "The Fool and Venus" describe the day?
(a) Wonderful.
(b) Horrible.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Complicated.

5. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say about his father?
(a) He does not know his father.
(b) He does not have one.
(c) He loves his.
(d) Baudelaire does not mention his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator feel sympathy for the man dressed as a jester in "The Fool and Venus"?

2. What does the narrator of "A Joker" think of his society?

3. Why does Baudelaire mention clouds in "The Foreigner"?

4. What does the narrator ask the men in "To Each His Chimera"?

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

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