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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: The Clock, A Hemisphere in Her Hair, Invitation to the Voyage & The Toy of the Poor.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "To Each His Chimera", how does the narrator describe the chimera on the backs of the men?
(a) That they are invisible.
(b) That they are part of the men.
(c) That they are wings.
(d) That they are supporting the men.

3. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what does the narrator describe as being in an iron cage?
(a) A hairy monster.
(b) Faith and beauty.
(c) All women.
(d) Himself.

4. In "The Fool and Venus", what is the man dressed like a jester doing?
(a) Performing in a park.
(b) Staring at a statue.
(c) Begging for money.
(d) Drawing a picture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator drop on the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?

2. How is "The Foreigner" organized?

3. What does the strange man call "cake" in "Cake"?

4. Why does Baudelaire mention clouds in "The Foreigner"?

5. Why does the narrator feel sympathy for the man dressed as a jester in "The Fool and Venus"?

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