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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12: The Favors of the Moon, Which is the Real One?, A Thoroughbred & The Mirror.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most of the passengers on the boat in "Already!" say when they see land?
(a) Already.
(b) Finally.
(c) What?
(d) It's true.

2. In "Crowds", what is the poet's gift?
(a) To be educated.
(b) To be an observer.
(c) To be a crowd.
(d) To be one and all.

3. What do the men say to the narrator when he asks them questions in "To Each His Chimera"?
(a) They tell him to go away.
(b) They say he is too poor to talk to.
(c) They laugh.
(d) They say they do not know.

4. After the narrator wakes up in "The Double Room", what does he realize he must do?
(a) Go back to sleep.
(b) Pay bills.
(c) Take a vacation.
(d) Return to work.

5. In "A Joker", why does the man stop when he sees the donkey?
(a) Because he is afraid of the donkey.
(b) Because the donkey looks hurt.
(c) To wish the donkey well.
(d) To try to ride on the donkey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the baby boy do when he sees the old woman in "The Old Woman's Despair"?

3. In "The Generous Gambler", what does the narrator lose to the man?

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

5. In "Counterfeit Money", what does the man call his friend's stupidity?

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