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

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

3. What do the passengers on the ship in "Already!" talk about?
(a) Home.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Money.
(d) The sea.

4. In "Beautiful Dorothy", what are the other people doing while Dorothy goes to the shore?
(a) Eating lunch.
(b) Sailing boats.
(c) Taking naps.
(d) Working.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the poet in "The Thyrsus", who gets to use the thyrsus?

2. In "Get Yourself Drunk", what does Baudelaire say slavery is?

3. In "The Toy of the Poor", what separates the rich child from the poor?

4. In "The Widows", who does the narrator say visits public parks?

5. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what does the narrator describe as being in an iron cage?

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