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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Baudelaire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does the author discuss Baudelaire writing to a princess?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1754.
(d) 1901.

2. What type of technology was first used in the arcades of Paris according to Chapter 2?
(a) Lamps.
(b) Candles.
(c) Gas lights.
(d) Torches.

3. How might the order of the first chapter be described?
(a) Numerical.
(b) Organized.
(c) Alphabetical.
(d) Unorganized.

4. Complete the following sentence from the author discussing William Blake, "Imagination is not ______ . . . Imagination is an almost divine faculty which perceives . . ."
(a) Fake.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Imagined.
(d) Real.

5. Which of the following activities is not classified as "full bodied" by the author?
(a) Weaving fabrics.
(b) Making shops.
(c) Painting pictures.
(d) Building cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation does Theodor Adorno hold?

2. What decade did the arcades first emerge in France?

3. What is the earlier date of the face page of the expose used in Chapter 2?

4. What does the author credit for giving a sense of time in the book in the form of a calendar?

5. What philosopher is the primary focus of Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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