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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 "The Widows", what do the poor do with their grief?
(a) They use it to avoid paying bills.
(b) They turn it into art.
(c) They try to hide it.
(d) They express it aloud.

2. In "The Clock", how do the Chinese tell time using cats?
(a) They watch their tails.
(b) They have them stare in the sun.
(c) They pet them.
(d) They look into their eyes.

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

4. Why does the narrator offer food to the strange man in "Cake"?
(a) Because he pays for it.
(b) Because he says he has a child who is hungry.
(c) The strange man just takes the food.
(d) Because he looks like he needs it.

5. In "The Fool and Venus", at what or where does the narrator notice Venus staring?
(a) At the jester.
(b) To the sky.
(c) Into the distance.
(d) At himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Old Woman's Despair", why does the woman visit the baby?

2. In "Crowds", what is the poet's gift?

3. In "To Arsène Houssaye", what does Baudelaire say this work lacks?

4. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say he does not know the latitude of?

5. In "To Each His Chimera", what color is the sky?

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