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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 Foreigner", what emotions does Baudelaire tie to gold?
(a) Fear.
(b) Passion.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Love.

2. How does the man in "Counterfeit Money" learn that his friend has counterfeit coins?
(a) When he is arrested.
(b) When he gives some to a beggar.
(c) When he tries to trade coins.
(d) When his wife gets mad.

3. In "Counterfeit Money", what does the man call his friend's stupidity?
(a) Pride.
(b) Trickery.
(c) Evil.
(d) Foolishness.

4. In "Crowds", what does the narrator give credit to for the people who stand out in a crowd?
(a) Good education.
(b) Religion.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Money.

5. Why does the narrator offer food to the strange man in "Cake"?
(a) Because he pays for it.
(b) The strange man just takes the food.
(c) Because he says he has a child who is hungry.
(d) Because he looks like he needs it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the artist in "The Rope" want to paint the child so frequently?

3. How does the narrator know the man he meets in "The Generous Gambler"?

4. What gift does the fairy give the tradesman's child in "The Fairies' Gifts"?

5. In "The Toy of the Poor", what separates the rich child from the poor?

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