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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Portraits of Mistresses", what does the Prince's bastard child often say?
(a) Why she is right about everything.
(b) How she would spend her money if she had any.
(c) Where she plans to travel.
(d) What would be different if she were a man.

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

4. What does the poet say lurks at night in "The Desire to Paint"?
(a) Women.
(b) The unknown.
(c) Predators.
(d) Stars.

5. How does the man lose his halo in "Loss of a Halo"?
(a) From running across the street.
(b) During a fight.
(c) He sold it.
(d) He never had one.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the thoroughbred described in "A Thoroughbred"?

2. Why does the narrator of "The Mirror" question the man looking into a mirror?

3. What does the man's wife do in "The Soup and the Clouds"?

4. How does the narrator know the man he meets in "The Generous Gambler"?

5. How does Baudelaire make the legend in "Windows"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Devil promise the narrator of "The Generous Gambler"?

2. Why are windows lit by candles preferred in "Windows"?

3. Why is the man angry with the woman in "The Eyes of the Poor"?

4. What does the fourth boy in "Vocations" tell the others?

5. What is life like on the ship in "Already!"

6. Why is the woman in "The Desire to Paint" difficult to paint?

7. How does Fancioulle work to save his life in "A Heroic Death"?

8. What happens when the artist takes in the boy in "The Rope"?

9. How does the man feel about clouds in "The Soup and the Clouds"?

10. How does Baudelaire describe ports in "The Port"?

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