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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) A hedge.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A set of train tracks.

2. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator call the woman on the bed?
(a) Diva.
(b) Idol.
(c) Goddess.
(d) Star.

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

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

5. Why does the narrator follow the woman around all day in "The Widows"?
(a) She asks him to.
(b) He is fascinated with her.
(c) She owes him money.
(d) He thinks he knows her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet say the first man died of "Evening Twilight"?

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

3. What does the narrator of "The Eyes of the Poor" remember the woman doing when she saw the poor man?

4. How does the narrator of "The Fool and Venus" describe the day?

5. Why is Fancioulle's lord in "A Heroic Death" sentenced to death?

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