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

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

3. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say he does not know the latitude of?
(a) His city.
(b) His mind.
(c) His country.
(d) His abilities.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "A Joker" think of his society?

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

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

4. Where does the narrator of "The Dog and The Vial" get the perfume?

5. In "The Double Room", what wakes the narrator from his dream?

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