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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 is Fancioulle's moment of death described by the poet in "A Heroic Death"?
(a) As a passing moment.
(b) As a dark time.
(c) As a mistake.
(d) As his greatest moment.

2. How does Baudelaire say he feels about solitude in "Solitude"?
(a) He thinks it is good for women.
(b) He does not care about it either way.
(c) He thinks it is bad for men.
(d) He prefers it.

3. What happens after the strange man in "Cake" has a piece of food?
(a) The narrator takes it back.
(b) He eats it quickly.
(c) He throws it on the ground.
(d) Another man attacks him.

4. In "Counterfeit Money", what does the man call his friend's stupidity?
(a) Foolishness.
(b) Trickery.
(c) Pride.
(d) Evil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Bad Glazier", why does the narrator's friend start a forest fire?

2. What do most of the passengers on the boat in "Already!" say when they see land?

3. What does the narrator call himself in "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress"?

4. In "Windows", how does Baudelaire say he feels about the legend?

5. How is the woman as a painting subject described in "The Desire to Paint"?

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