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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12: The Favors of the Moon, Which is the Real One?, A Thoroughbred & The Mirror.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of "The Eyes of the Poor" remember the woman doing when she saw the poor man?
(a) She gave the small child a toy.
(b) She had a waiter make them leave.
(c) She threw a coin at them.
(d) She turned her back to them.

2. How does the narrator of "Which is the Real One?" sink into the ground?
(a) He falls in a hole.
(b) He dives into a pond but does not surface.
(c) He is shoved down.
(d) He stamps his foot.

3. In "A Thoroughbred", how does the thoroughbred learn her lessons?
(a) From no one.
(b) From reality.
(c) From a man.
(d) From the stars.

4. In "The Eyes of the Poor", how many children does the narrator say the poor man had with him?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. In "Crowds", what does the narrator give credit to for the people who stand out in a crowd?
(a) Good education.
(b) Money.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet say is negative in the Moon's interactions with children in "The Favors of the Moon"?

2. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what does the narrator describe as being in an iron cage?

3. In "The Bad Glazier", why does the narrator suppose demons take over people?

4. In "The Eyes of the Poor", what does the narrator first say to the woman?

5. In the beginning of "At One in the Morning", how does the narrator feel about his life?

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