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

2. Where does Micromegas finally find human life-forms?
(a) A school.
(b) A submarine.
(c) A prison.
(d) A ship.

3. Upon finding Earth, what does Micromegas think is the dominant life-form on Earth?
(a) Whales.
(b) Bees.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Elephants.

4. In "The Rope," what did the boy's mother want to see at the storyteller's home?
(a) The closet.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The painting.
(d) The balcony.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the book, where were Baudelaire's most remarkable poems published?

4. What was in the wire box in the story "The Poor Boy's Toy"?

5. What is the prophecy that Julian's father hears about his son's future?

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