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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 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.

2. How does the boy in "The Rope" die?
(a) Illness.
(b) A car accident.
(c) He kills himself.
(d) He drowns.

3. In "Solitude", what does the journalist ask the poet about sharing?
(a) If he feels the need to share joy.
(b) If solitude protects him from sharing.
(c) If he can define the word.
(d) If he shares his money with the needy.

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

5. What makes the man in "Plans" think about a cabin?
(a) His mother.
(b) A forest.
(c) A river.
(d) A painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is it in "Vocations"?

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

3. In "Get Yourself Drunk", what does Baudelaire say slavery is?

4. How does the tradesman react to his child's gift in "The Fairies' Gifts"?

5. In "The Rope", when are illusion and reality described as being the same?

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