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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 reeking of smoke.
(b) As having a wide-range of scents.
(c) As smelling of flowers.
(d) As not having any scent.

2. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what bothers the narrator about the woman?
(a) She whines.
(b) Her clothes are dirty.
(c) She is poor.
(d) Her sister.

3. Where does the poet glimpse men in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?
(a) Market.
(b) A port.
(c) A school.
(d) Church.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "The Widows", what do the poor do with their grief?

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

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

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