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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: The Widows, The Old Mountebank & Cake.

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) Himself.
(c) All women.
(d) A hairy monster.

2. In "The Foreigner", to what is gold compared?
(a) Family.
(b) Country.
(c) Money.
(d) God.

3. In "The Double Room", what wakes the narrator from his dream?
(a) A clap of thunder.
(b) A woman yelling.
(c) A knock.
(d) The rising sun.

4. What does Baudelaire say about friends in "The Foreigner"?
(a) They are more important than family.
(b) He does not know the meaning.
(c) He only has a few.
(d) They waste time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator feel sympathy for the man dressed as a jester in "The Fool and Venus"?

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

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

4. In "To Each His Chimera", what color is the sky?

5. What does the narrator call himself in "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress"?

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