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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 artist in "The Artist's Confiteor" decide he cannot describe nature?
(a) Because he has a limited vocabulary.
(b) Because he hates it.
(c) Because it is too great.
(d) Because he is blind.

2. What does the strange man call "cake" in "Cake"?
(a) A cake.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) A piece of bread.
(d) A slice of pie.

3. What word does Baudelaire use to describe clouds in "The Foreigner"?
(a) Wonderful.
(b) Painful.
(c) Dark.
(d) Dramatic.

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

5. In "The Old Mountebank", how do the merchants try to get the customers' attention?
(a) They throw things at them.
(b) With free samples.
(c) They yell.
(d) With colorful signs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "To Each His Chimera", how does the narrator describe the chimera on the backs of the men?

2. In "The Old Woman's Despair", to what does the old woman compare herself?

3. What does the hair feel like in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?

4. What season does the poet reflect upon in "The Artist's Confiteor"?

5. In "The Double Room", what wakes the narrator from his dream?

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