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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 "To Each His Chimera", what color is the sky?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

2. What does the narrator ask the men in "To Each His Chimera"?
(a) When they found the chimeras.
(b) How heavy the chimeras are.
(c) Where they are going.
(d) Who is in control.

3. In "To Each His Chimera", how does the narrator describe the chimera on the backs of the men?
(a) That they are invisible.
(b) That they are wings.
(c) That they are supporting the men.
(d) That they are part of the men.

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

5. In "The Fool and Venus", what is the man dressed like a jester doing?
(a) Performing in a park.
(b) Begging for money.
(c) Staring at a statue.
(d) Drawing a picture.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the dog after he smells the perfume in "The Dog and the Vial"?

2. How is "The Foreigner" organized?

3. In "Crowds", what does the narrator give credit to for the people who stand out in a crowd?

4. Why does the narrator follow the woman around all day in "The Widows"?

5. In "The Old Woman's Despair", why does the woman visit the baby?

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