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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. What do the men say to the narrator when he asks them questions in "To Each His Chimera"?
(a) They say he is too poor to talk to.
(b) They tell him to go away.
(c) They say they do not know.
(d) They laugh.

2. How does the narrator of "The Fool and Venus" describe the day?
(a) Horrible.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Complicated.

3. In "The Foreigner", to what is gold compared?
(a) Family.
(b) Money.
(c) Country.
(d) God.

4. In "A Joker", what does the donkey do when he sees the man?
(a) The donkey bites him.
(b) The donkey trots on.
(c) The donkey goes to beg food from the man.
(d) The donkey kicks his legs.

5. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator call the woman on the bed?
(a) Star.
(b) Diva.
(c) Goddess.
(d) Idol.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "A Joker", why does the man stop when he sees the donkey?

3. In "The Foreigner", what emotion does Baudelaire discuss?

4. In "The Fool and Venus", what is the man dressed like a jester doing?

5. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say he does not know the latitude of?

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