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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. Why does the narrator feel sympathy for the man dressed as a jester in "The Fool and Venus"?
(a) Because of his unkempt hair.
(b) Because of his occupation.
(c) Because of his clothes and eyes.
(d) Because of his poor speech.

2. How does the man's wife in "The Gallant Marksman" react to his shooting?
(a) She criticizes his technique.
(b) She will not watch.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She claps.

3. In "Which is the Real One?", what does the first beautiful woman's casket look like?
(a) A treasure chest.
(b) A shiny dome.
(c) A couch.
(d) A basket.

4. In "Crowds", what is the poet's gift?
(a) To be educated.
(b) To be a crowd.
(c) To be one and all.
(d) To be an observer.

5. Why does the artist in "The Rope" want to paint the child so frequently?
(a) He misses his own childhood.
(b) He is in love with the child's aunt.
(c) The child will pose for free.
(d) He is taken by the child's face.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baudelaire mention clouds in "The Foreigner"?

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

3. When Dorothy goes to the shore in "Beautiful Dorothy", what does the narrator wonder?

4. How does the fairy feel about the tradesman at the end of "The Fairies' Gifts"?

5. How does the narrator of "Which is the Real One?" sink into the ground?

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