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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: The Bad Glazier, At One in the Morning, The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress & Crowds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the poet describe the words "multitude" and "solitude" in "Crowds"?
(a) As being identical.
(b) As being difficult to spell.
(c) As being opposites.
(d) As being painful.

2. In the beginning of "At One in the Morning", how does the narrator feel about his life?
(a) Pleased.
(b) Upset.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) Amused.

3. In "The Bad Glazier", why does the narrator suppose demons take over people?
(a) Because they cannot explain their actions.
(b) Because he believes people are good.
(c) Because everyone he knows acts possessed.
(d) Because God is not in all men.

4. In "The Foreigner", what emotions does Baudelaire tie to gold?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Passion.
(c) Fear.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the narrator wakes up in "The Double Room", what does he realize he must do?

2. In "Crowds", what is the poet's gift?

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

4. Why does the narrator want something of color from the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?

5. In "To Arsène Houssaye", what does the author say reading Aloysius Bertrand made him want to do?

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