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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Baudelaire say he feels about solitude in "Solitude"?

2. According to the poet in "The Thyrsus", who gets to use the thyrsus?

3. In "Already!" what does the narrator see in the sea?

4. In "Mademoiselle Bistouri", what does the woman ask the man?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the man in "The Mirror" react to the narrator's question?

2. What pleases the narrator in "Plans" about making plans?

3. In "Which is the Real One/", what is the man's curse?

4. Why does Baudelaire say people should always be drunk in "Get Yourself Drunk"?

5. What does Baudelaire see in the thoroughbred, in "A Thoroughbred", that no one else sees?

6. What are some of the complaints the men in "Portraits of Mistresses" have about their mistresses?

7. What is the thyrsus?

8. How does the woman in "Mademoiselle Bistouri" act due to her obsession with doctors?

9. In "The Gallant Marksman", what happens after the man misses his shot?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Baudelaire contradict himself throughout these poems? Why might this be?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the poet's analysis of class systems in this collection of poems. What relationships between the classes does he show? How are the classes defined? What is his commentary on both the upper and lower classes?

Essay Topic 3

Research Baudelaire's history. How does this collection fit in with his biography? How is it influenced by the poet's life?

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