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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 are people sprawled everywhere in "The Old Clown"?
(a) It is a public beach.
(b) It is a feast day.
(c) It is "The Day of St. Thorlakur".
(d) It is the celebration of "El Día de los Muertos".

2. What planet is Micromegas from?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Sinus.
(c) Sirius.
(d) Sympheraous.

3. What does Desplein do to honor the water carrier's soul?
(a) Keeps a garden.
(b) Prays to God.
(c) Helps others in need.
(d) Plants trees.

4. What does Julian find great amusement in killing as a child?
(a) Wealthy people.
(b) Animals.
(c) Babies.
(d) Poor people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Desplein's brightest student?

2. While Julian is out hunting one day, what animal gains the power to speak to him?

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

4. What does Julian do for the leper that he comes across at his job?

5. What happened to the water carrier that Desplein knew as a young man?

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