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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10: The Rope, Vocations, The Thyrsus & Get Yourself Drunk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "To Arsène Houssaye", what does the author say reading Aloysius Bertrand made him want to do?
(a) Write a novel.
(b) Change his career.
(c) Copy his style.
(d) Become a journalist.

2. What does the baby boy do when he sees the old woman in "The Old Woman's Despair"?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He cries.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He crawls away.

3. 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 does not like what he is selling.
(c) He does not want to embarrass him.
(d) He starts talking to a woman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator follow the woman around all day in "The Widows"?

2. What is the Devil afraid of in "The Generous Gambler"?

3. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", what color hair does the poet focus on?

4. Where does the poet glimpse men in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?

5. In "A Heroic Death", what job does Fancioulle have?

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