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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 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.

2. In "Vocations", what makes the boy who says he is not very happy excited?
(a) Getting to move to another town.
(b) Having best friends.
(c) Receiving a small gift.
(d) Remembering men from the fair.

3. Why does the artist in "The Artist's Confiteor" decide he cannot describe nature?
(a) Because he has a limited vocabulary.
(b) Because he is blind.
(c) Because he hates it.
(d) Because it is too great.

4. How many devils visit the narrator of "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame"?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

5. What is the woman's mouth compared to in "The Desire to Paint"?
(a) A cloud.
(b) A flower.
(c) A cake.
(d) A star.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are the men in "Portraits of Mistresses"?

3. Why does the narrator suggest people should buy toys in "The Toy of the Poor"?

4. What does the poet say about being drunk in "Get Yourself Drunk"?

5. In "The Rope", when are illusion and reality described as being the same?

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