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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. Where does the narrator of "The Dog and The Vial" get the perfume?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) Berlin.

2. In "The Fool and Venus", at what or where does the narrator notice Venus staring?
(a) At himself.
(b) Into the distance.
(c) At the jester.
(d) To the sky.

3. How does the narrator describe the dog after he smells the perfume in "The Dog and the Vial"?
(a) Smelly.
(b) Admirable.
(c) Ill tempered.
(d) Miserable.

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

5. In "To Arsène Houssaye", what does the author say reading Aloysius Bertrand made him want to do?
(a) Become a journalist.
(b) Change his career.
(c) Copy his style.
(d) Write a novel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word does Baudelaire use to describe clouds in "The Foreigner"?

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

4. In "The Dog and The Vial", what does the narrator say the dog resembles?

5. What does the narrator ask the men in "To Each His Chimera"?

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