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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. How is the scent of the hair in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair" described?
(a) As having a wide-range of scents.
(b) As smelling of flowers.
(c) As reeking of smoke.
(d) As not having any scent.

2. In "At One in the Morning", what allows the narrator to relax?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Shadows.
(c) Morning.
(d) Women.

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

4. 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 laugh.
(d) They say they do not know.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of "At One in the Morning", how does the narrator feel about his life?

2. What does the narrator call himself in "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress"?

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

4. In "The Widows", why is the woman by the gate not allowed in the concert?

5. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", where does the poet see "the languor of long hours"?

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