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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. In "To Each His Chimera", what color is the sky?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Blue.

2. What does Baudelaire say about friends in "The Foreigner"?
(a) They are more important than family.
(b) He only has a few.
(c) They waste time.
(d) He does not know the meaning.

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

4. What happens to the mountebank in "The Old Mountebank"?
(a) He walks into a restaurant.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) The narrator loses sight of him.
(d) He starts singing loudly.

5. In "The Toy of the Poor", what separates the rich child from the poor?
(a) A hedge.
(b) A gate.
(c) A set of train tracks.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In "The Old Mountebank", what does the narrator first notice about the mountebank?

5. How does the narrator of "The Fool and Venus" describe the day?

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