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

2. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", where does the poet see "the languor of long hours"?
(a) In a bathtub.
(b) On a divan.
(c) On her bed.
(d) In a park.

3. What gift does the fairy give the tradesman's child in "The Fairies' Gifts"?
(a) The gift of health.
(b) The power to love.
(c) The power to please.
(d) The gift of wealth.

4. What does the hair feel like in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Waves.
(c) Flax.
(d) Silk.

5. How does the narrator of "The Clock" describe Feline?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Hairy.
(d) Pompous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who chooses the gifts the children receive in "The Fairies' Gifts"?

2. In "To Each His Chimera", how does the narrator describe the chimera on the backs of the men?

3. Who begins sending the artist letters after the child's death in "The Rope"?

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

5. What does the strange man call "cake" in "Cake"?

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