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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. What does the narrator ask the men in "To Each His Chimera"?
(a) Who is in control.
(b) Where they are going.
(c) How heavy the chimeras are.
(d) When they found the chimeras.

2. In "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame", what does the first demon offer the narrator?
(a) Three wishes.
(b) To make him the lord of souls.
(c) To protect him for the rest of his life.
(d) Unlimited wealth.

3. What does the hair feel like in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Silk.
(c) Waves.
(d) Flax.

4. In "Portraits of Mistresses", how many men sit around talking?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

5. How does the tradesman react to his child's gift in "The Fairies' Gifts"?
(a) He demands a better gift.
(b) He tries to pay the fairy.
(c) He laughs at it.
(d) He wants the fairy to explain it to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baudelaire say happens when he watches the poor old woman in "Windows"?

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

3. In "A Joker", what does the donkey do when he sees the man?

4. Why is Fancioulle's lord in "A Heroic Death" sentenced to death?

5. What type of moon is the woman in "The Desire to Paint" compared to?

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