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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 Desplein do to honor the water carrier as a man?
(a) Wrote a book for him.
(b) Established a mass for him.
(c) Finished school for him.
(d) Published a world-renowned medical journal for him.

2. When did Baudelaire die?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1815.
(c) 1508.
(d) 1867.

3. What did the water carrier do for Desplein when they met?
(a) Told Desplein that he would never amount to anything.
(b) Turned Desplein in because he was wanted by the police.
(c) Paid his rent.
(d) Paid for one meal.

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

5. What does Micromegas have to speak through to avoid hurting the humans' ears?
(a) A pillow.
(b) A toothpick.
(c) A balloon.
(d) A flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Desplein describe himself when his student questions him about attending mass?

2. How does Micromegas respond to the "knowledge" of Thomas Aquinas' book?

3. What does Desplein's student do when he follows Desplein into church?

4. To whom does the narrator in "The Old Clown" compare those yelling out "witticisms and jokes of a solid heavy humor"?

5. What is laying on the grass next to the boy behind the iron gate?

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