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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. What did the narrator intend to do at the old clown's booth?
(a) Offer him a job.
(b) Leave money.
(c) Throw him out of the market.
(d) Make fun of him.

2. What job does Julian take after leaving his wife?
(a) A fishing net mender.
(b) A job helping homeless men.
(c) A job ferrying people across a lake.
(d) A fisherman.

3. How tall are the Saturnians in "Micromegas"?
(a) 60 feet tall.
(b) 600 feet tall.
(c) 60,000 feet tall.
(d) 6,000 feet tall.

4. What is the little boy who is laying in the grass looking at?
(a) A poor boy on the other side of the gate.
(b) A beggar pulling a cart.
(c) A slave working in the garden.
(d) A bird flying in the sky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Julian is practicing the javelin?

2. What does Micromegas decide to do with his time of exile?

3. According to the editor in "The Poor Boy's Toy", what idea does the narrator want to convey?

4. Who are Julian's parents in "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler"?

5. What is the Emperor's name who Julian frees from the Muslims?

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