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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 narrator drop on the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?
(a) A flowerpot.
(b) A brick.
(c) A book.
(d) A picture frame.

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

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

5. What does the hair feel like in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Waves.
(c) Flax.
(d) Silk.

6. Where does the poet glimpse men in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?
(a) Church.
(b) A port.
(c) A school.
(d) Market.

7. When the narrator wakes up in "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame", how does he feel about his interactions with the demons?
(a) He cannot remember the demons.
(b) He thinks it was just a joke.
(c) He regrets his decisions.
(d) He is proud for being so moral.

8. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what bothers the narrator about the woman?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her clothes are dirty.
(c) She is poor.
(d) She whines.

9. What happens to the mountebank in "The Old Mountebank"?
(a) He walks into a restaurant.
(b) He starts singing loudly.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) The narrator loses sight of him.

10. What does the strange man call "cake" in "Cake"?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) A cake.
(c) A piece of bread.
(d) A slice of pie.

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

12. In "At One in the Morning", what allows the narrator to relax?
(a) Women.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Shadows.
(d) Morning.

13. In "The Toy of the Poor", what separates the rich child from the poor?
(a) A set of train tracks.
(b) A hedge.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A gate.

14. In "The Fool and Venus", at what or where does the narrator notice Venus staring?
(a) At himself.
(b) At the jester.
(c) To the sky.
(d) Into the distance.

15. In "A Joker", what does the donkey do when he sees the man?
(a) The donkey bites him.
(b) The donkey trots on.
(c) The donkey kicks his legs.
(d) The donkey goes to beg food from the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season does the poet reflect upon in "The Artist's Confiteor"?

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

3. In "The Foreigner", what emotion does Baudelaire discuss?

4. What does the dog do after smelling the perfume in "The Dog and The Vial"?

5. Why does the narrator want something of color from the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?

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