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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10: The Rope, Vocations, The Thyrsus & Get Yourself Drunk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Toy of the Poor", what separates the rich child from the poor?
(a) A gate.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A set of train tracks.
(d) A hedge.

2. What do the men say to the narrator when he asks them questions in "To Each His Chimera"?
(a) They laugh.
(b) They say he is too poor to talk to.
(c) They say they do not know.
(d) They tell him to go away.

3. Why does the narrator of "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame" turn down the ability to have everything of wealth?
(a) Because he wants a better offer.
(b) Because he is happy with what he has.
(c) Because he does not trust the demon.
(d) Because he does not enjoy making other miserable.

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

5. How does the narrator of "The Fool and Venus" describe the day?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Horrible.
(c) Wonderful.
(d) Complicated.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", where does the poet see "the languor of long hours"?

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

3. In "Beautiful Dorothy", why is Dorothy saving money?

4. In "The Eyes of the Poor", how many children does the narrator say the poor man had with him?

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

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