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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. In "The Foreigner", how is beauty described?
(a) As a goal.
(b) As a fool.
(c) As a goddess.
(d) As a game.

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

3. In "A Heroic Death", what job does Fancioulle have?
(a) Cook.
(b) Jester.
(c) Butler.
(d) Driver.

4. In "The Old Mountebank", what does the narrator first notice about the mountebank?
(a) His tall hat.
(b) His wares for sale.
(c) His smile.
(d) His level of poverty.

5. In "The Eyes of the Poor", what does the narrator first say to the woman?
(a) That she is not beautiful any longer.
(b) That he will not yell at her.
(c) That she is late.
(d) That he hates her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Windows", what type of window does the poet say is most interesting to look in?

2. In "Portraits of Mistresses", how many men sit around talking?

3. In "Solitude", what does the journalist ask the poet about sharing?

4. How does the man's wife in "The Gallant Marksman" react to his shooting?

5. How does Baudelaire describe the thyrsus in "The Thyrsus"?

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