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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 13: The Port, Portraits of Mistresses & The Gallant Marksman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of "Plans", what does the man say about planning?
(a) It is difficult work.
(b) It is funny.
(c) It is a joy.
(d) It is not for him.

2. In "Portraits of Mistresses", what does the one man say happens when someone decides to take a mistress?
(a) They are enlightened.
(b) They pass through stages.
(c) They lose their mind.
(d) They go broke.

3. In "The Clock", how do the Chinese tell time using cats?
(a) They watch their tails.
(b) They have them stare in the sun.
(c) They pet them.
(d) They look into their eyes.

4. How does the narrator describe the dog after he smells the perfume in "The Dog and the Vial"?
(a) Ill tempered.
(b) Miserable.
(c) Admirable.
(d) Smelly.

5. What is the Devil afraid of in "The Generous Gambler"?
(a) Stepping out in the daylight.
(b) Learning to love.
(c) Losing his power.
(d) Being found out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is "The Foreigner" organized?

2. What word does Baudelaire use to describe clouds in "The Foreigner"?

3. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", where does the poet see "the languor of long hours"?

4. How many boys meet to talk in "Vocations"?

5. In "Crowds", what is the poet's gift?

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