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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. Why does the narrator say the poor children will be wary in "The Toy of the Poor"?
(a) Because they have never known kind adults.
(b) Because they won't believe such luck.
(c) Because they fear money.
(d) Because they will think they are traps.

2. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", what color hair does the poet focus on?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

3. In "Crowds", what is the poet's gift?
(a) To be an observer.
(b) To be educated.
(c) To be one and all.
(d) To be a crowd.

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

5. In "The Foreigner", how is beauty described?
(a) As a game.
(b) As a fool.
(c) As a goddess.
(d) As a goal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Old Mountebank", how do the merchants try to get the customers' attention?

3. In "The Clock", how do the Chinese tell time using cats?

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

5. In "The Fool and Venus", what is the man dressed like a jester doing?

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