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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 Widows", why is the woman by the gate not allowed in the concert?
(a) Because she lacks money.
(b) Because she has a child.
(c) Because she is late.
(d) Because she is poorly dressed.

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

3. What does the narrator of "A Joker" think of his society?
(a) That it is being taken over by animals.
(b) That it is "well educated."
(c) That it is a "splendid imbecile."
(d) That it is "growing poorer."

4. How is "The Foreigner" organized?
(a) In chronological order.
(b) In alphabetical order.
(c) As a series of questions.
(d) As a letter.

5. In "The Old Woman's Despair", to what does the old woman compare herself?
(a) A wilted flower.
(b) A scarecrow.
(c) An empty house.
(d) A setting sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator ask the men in "To Each His Chimera"?

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

3. Where does the poet glimpse men in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?

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

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

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