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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. How does the poet describe the words "multitude" and "solitude" in "Crowds"?
(a) As being identical.
(b) As being opposites.
(c) As being difficult to spell.
(d) As being painful.

2. What happens to the mountebank in "The Old Mountebank"?
(a) The narrator loses sight of him.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He starts singing loudly.
(d) He walks into a restaurant.

3. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator describe about the room?
(a) The nature outside the room.
(b) The people inside.
(c) The physical appearance.
(d) The feelings he has about the room.

4. In "The Widows", who does the narrator say visits public parks?
(a) Children who need to breathe free.
(b) Men who long for nature.
(c) Women who can no longer think.
(d) People who are crippled by life.

5. Why does the narrator want something of color from the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?
(a) To brighten up his life.
(b) To resell at the market.
(c) To decorate his bedroom.
(d) To give to his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what bothers the narrator about the woman?

2. What does the narrator of "A Joker" think of his society?

3. In "The Dog and The Vial", what does the narrator say the dog resembles?

4. What does the baby boy do when he sees the old woman in "The Old Woman's Despair"?

5. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say about his father?

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