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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: The Fairies' Gifts, The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame & Evening Twilight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) With colorful signs.
(d) They yell.

2. In "The Double Room", what wakes the narrator from his dream?
(a) A woman yelling.
(b) A clap of thunder.
(c) The rising sun.
(d) A knock.

3. What happens after the strange man in "Cake" has a piece of food?
(a) He throws it on the ground.
(b) Another man attacks him.
(c) He eats it quickly.
(d) The narrator takes it back.

4. After the narrator wakes up in "The Double Room", what does he realize he must do?
(a) Take a vacation.
(b) Return to work.
(c) Pay bills.
(d) Go back to sleep.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "A Joker" think of his society?

2. What happens to the mountebank in "The Old Mountebank"?

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

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

5. In "The Foreigner", what emotions does Baudelaire tie to gold?

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