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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. Why is Desplein's student surprised by Desplein's actions toward the water carrier?
(a) Desplein does not treat the man's true ailment.
(b) Desplein does not charge him for treatment.
(c) Desplein takes the man's daughter as payment.
(d) Desplein overcharges the man for treatment.

2. What happened to the boy while the storyteller from "The Rope" was away on business?
(a) He hung himself.
(b) He cleaned the entire house.
(c) He ran away.
(d) He stabbed his parents.

3. Who does Micromegas first talk to about the existence of a human soul?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Farmers.
(d) A priest.

4. What does Julian do for the leper that he comes across at his job?
(a) Shuns him.
(b) Gives him everything that he has.
(c) Drowns him.
(d) Hangs him by a fishing net.

5. What is the name of one of the philosophers that the men give to Micromegas in response to a human's soul?
(a) Freud.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Locke.
(d) Kant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What planet is Micromegas from?

2. According to the narrator in "The Poor Boy's Toy", what have children learned to do?

3. What has happened to Julian's parents since he left them and married?

4. In "The Rope," what did the boy's mother want to see at the storyteller's home?

5. What is the little boy who is laying in the grass looking at?

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