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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. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what does the narrator describe as being in an iron cage?
(a) Faith and beauty.
(b) A hairy monster.
(c) Himself.
(d) All women.

2. Why is Fancioulle's lord in "A Heroic Death" sentenced to death?
(a) For robbing the king.
(b) For hurting a woman.
(c) For printing books.
(d) For staging a rebellion.

3. What happens after the strange man in "Cake" has a piece of food?
(a) He eats it quickly.
(b) Another man attacks him.
(c) He throws it on the ground.
(d) The narrator takes it back.

4. What does the narrator of "A Joker" think of his society?
(a) That it is "well educated."
(b) That it is "growing poorer."
(c) That it is being taken over by animals.
(d) That it is a "splendid imbecile."

5. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what bothers the narrator about the woman?
(a) Her sister.
(b) She is poor.
(c) She whines.
(d) Her clothes are dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator describe about the room?

2. Where do the men leave in the beginning of "Counterfeit Money"?

3. How does the narrator know the man he meets in "The Generous Gambler"?

4. How does the narrator feel at the end of "Cake"?

5. In "The Double Room", what wakes the narrator from his dream?

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