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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: To Each His Chimera, The Fool and Venus & The Dog and the Vial.

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) Ill tempered.
(d) Smelly.

2. Why does Baudelaire mention clouds in "The Foreigner"?
(a) Because they are not human.
(b) Because they are loved.
(c) Because they send rain.
(d) Because they represent God.

3. What season does the poet reflect upon in "The Artist's Confiteor"?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

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

5. In "The Foreigner", what emotion does Baudelaire discuss?
(a) Love.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Hate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say about his father?

2. Why does the artist in "The Artist's Confiteor" decide he cannot describe nature?

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

4. In "The Old Woman's Despair", to what does the old woman compare herself?

5. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator call the woman on the bed?

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