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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12: The Favors of the Moon, Which is the Real One?, A Thoroughbred & The Mirror.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator know the man he meets in "The Generous Gambler"?
(a) He has always wanted to meet him.
(b) They live in the same building.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They went to school together.

2. 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) Begging for money.
(d) Drawing a picture.

3. Who begins sending the artist letters after the child's death in "The Rope"?
(a) The child's parents.
(b) Neighbors.
(c) Art dealers.
(d) The artist's parents.

4. Where do the men leave in the beginning of "Counterfeit Money"?
(a) A tobacco shop.
(b) A church.
(c) An inn.
(d) A town hall.

5. What does Baudelaire say happens when he watches the poor old woman in "Windows"?
(a) It inspires him to write.
(b) Sometimes he cries.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) She catches him watching her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Get Yourself Drunk", what does Baudelaire say slavery is?

2. What does Baudelaire say about friends in "The Foreigner"?

3. What happens to the mountebank in "The Old Mountebank"?

4. In "To Each His Chimera", what color is the sky?

5. In "The Rope", when are illusion and reality described as being the same?

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