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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. Why does the narrator suggest people should buy toys in "The Toy of the Poor"?
(a) To learn to invent toys.
(b) To keep the economy moving.
(c) To give to unknown children.
(d) To encourage more people to play.

2. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator describe about the room?
(a) The people inside.
(b) The feelings he has about the room.
(c) The nature outside the room.
(d) The physical appearance.

3. What does the narrator call himself in "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress"?
(a) The trainer.
(b) His Highness.
(c) King Log.
(d) Master.

4. Why does the man throw a chicken in "Evening Twilight"?
(a) He is defending himself against an attacker.
(b) He dislikes the way the chicken tastes.
(c) He had had too much to drink.
(d) He thinks there is an offensive note in it.

5. What does the narrator drop on the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?
(a) A picture frame.
(b) A brick.
(c) A flowerpot.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the artist in "The Artist's Confiteor" decide he cannot describe nature?

3. How is "The Foreigner" organized?

4. In "To Arsène Houssaye", what does the author say reading Aloysius Bertrand made him want to do?

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

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