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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9: A Heroic Death, Counterfeit Money & The Generous Gambler.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the strange man call "cake" in "Cake"?
(a) A piece of bread.
(b) A slice of pie.
(c) A cake.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

2. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator call the woman on the bed?
(a) Diva.
(b) Idol.
(c) Star.
(d) Goddess.

3. Of whom does the she-devil in "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame" remind the narrator?
(a) His mother.
(b) A snake.
(c) A woman in the pubs.
(d) Something gone bad.

4. Why does the narrator not go to speak to the mountebank about his wares in "The Old Mountebank"?
(a) He starts talking to a woman.
(b) He does not have any money.
(c) He does not like what he is selling.
(d) He does not want to embarrass him.

5. In "The Generous Gambler", what does the narrator lose to the man?
(a) The keys to his house.
(b) Half his money.
(c) His soul.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the tradesman react to his child's gift in "The Fairies' Gifts"?

2. What happens to the mountebank in "The Old Mountebank"?

3. After the narrator wakes up in "The Double Room", what does he realize he must do?

4. In "The Widows", what do the poor do with their grief?

5. In "The Generous Gambler", what do the people in the sanctuary look like?

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