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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Beautiful Dorothy", what are the other people doing while Dorothy goes to the shore?
(a) Sailing boats.
(b) Working.
(c) Taking naps.
(d) Eating lunch.

2. In "Solitude", what does the journalist ask the poet about sharing?
(a) If he shares his money with the needy.
(b) If solitude protects him from sharing.
(c) If he feels the need to share joy.
(d) If he can define the word.

3. In "Which is the Real One?", what does the first beautiful woman's casket look like?
(a) A basket.
(b) A shiny dome.
(c) A treasure chest.
(d) A couch.

4. How does the man's wife in "The Gallant Marksman" react to his shooting?
(a) She will not watch.
(b) She claps.
(c) She criticizes his technique.
(d) She laughs.

5. Why does the narrator of "Mademoiselle Bistouri" ask the woman questions?
(a) To kill time.
(b) To understand her obsession.
(c) To seem interested in her.
(d) To make her feel better.

6. What part of the child does the Moon touch in "The Favors of the Moon"?
(a) Her feet.
(b) Her face.
(c) Her back.
(d) Her hands.

7. In "Loss of a Halo", what is described as being positive about not having a halo?
(a) Not worrying about losing it.
(b) Carrying less weight.
(c) Being able to partake in debauchery.
(d) Never having to live up to expectations.

8. How does the boy in "The Rope" die?
(a) Illness.
(b) He kills himself.
(c) He drowns.
(d) A car accident.

9. How does the narrator of "Which is the Real One?" sink into the ground?
(a) He falls in a hole.
(b) He is shoved down.
(c) He stamps his foot.
(d) He dives into a pond but does not surface.

10. Why is Fancioulle's lord in "A Heroic Death" sentenced to death?
(a) For hurting a woman.
(b) For printing books.
(c) For robbing the king.
(d) For staging a rebellion.

11. In "Already!" what does the narrator see in the sea?
(a) New life.
(b) Fear.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Anger.

12. What season is it in "Vocations"?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

13. In "The Rope", when are illusion and reality described as being the same?
(a) Never.
(b) When they are found in nature.
(c) When they are a mother's love.
(d) When they belong to a child.

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

15. What does the narrator of "The Eyes of the Poor" remember the woman doing when she saw the poor man?
(a) She gave the small child a toy.
(b) She turned her back to them.
(c) She threw a coin at them.
(d) She had a waiter make them leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Fancioulle's moment of death described by the poet in "A Heroic Death"?

2. What does Baudelaire say happens when he watches the poor old woman in "Windows"?

3. In "Counterfeit Money", what does the man call his friend's stupidity?

4. In "The Eyes of the Poor", what does the narrator first say to the woman?

5. How does the second beautiful woman in "Which is the Real One?" feel when she sees the narrator?

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