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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Spleen of Paris by Charles Baudelaire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times a year does Desplein attend church?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 24.

2. What does Desplein's student do when he follows Desplein into church?
(a) Hides in the back of the church.
(b) Tells the priest that Desplein does not belong in the church.
(c) Kneels by him.
(d) Goes into confession.

3. How does Micromegas respond to the "knowledge" of Thomas Aquinas' book?
(a) He becomes angry.
(b) He leaves immediately.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He cries.

4. What nationality was Voltaire?
(a) French.
(b) American.
(c) English.
(d) Dutch.

5. To whom does the narrator in "The Old Clown" compare those yelling out "witticisms and jokes of a solid heavy humor"?
(a) Phaedrus.
(b) Tasso.
(c) Jean Chapelain.
(d) Moliere.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are adults celebrating in "The Old Clown"?

2. What does Desplein claim the human body lacks?

3. What must Micromegas use to see life on Earth?

4. What did the water carrier do for Desplein when they met?

5. What religion was the water carrier that Desplein knew as a young man?

(see the answer key)

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