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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. What or whom does the narrator of "The Clock" name Feline?
(a) A cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A Chinese neighbor.
(d) A woman.

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

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

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

5. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say he does not know the latitude of?
(a) His city.
(b) His country.
(c) His mind.
(d) His abilities.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Clock", how do the Chinese tell time using cats?

2. In "Solitude", what does the journalist ask the poet about sharing?

3. In "The Old Mountebank", what does the narrator first notice about the mountebank?

4. In "The Dog and The Vial", what does the narrator say the dog resembles?

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

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