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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. In "Already!" how many suns have set according to the narrator?
(a) Fifty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Five hundred.

2. In "The Old Mountebank", what does the narrator first notice about the mountebank?
(a) His wares for sale.
(b) His level of poverty.
(c) His smile.
(d) His tall hat.

3. In "The Foreigner", how is beauty described?
(a) As a goddess.
(b) As a goal.
(c) As a game.
(d) As a fool.

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

5. In "The Thyrsus", what does the poet say covers the thyrsus?
(a) Rope.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Gold.
(d) Ribbons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the second beautiful woman in "Which is the Real One?" feel when she sees the narrator?

2. Why does Baudelaire mention clouds in "The Foreigner"?

3. What do most of the passengers on the boat in "Already!" say when they see land?

4. How does Baudelaire make the legend in "Windows"?

5. How is Fancioulle's moment of death described by the poet in "A Heroic Death"?

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