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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. According to the poet in "The Thyrsus", who gets to use the thyrsus?
(a) Children.
(b) Lords.
(c) Priests.
(d) Queens.

2. In "Windows", how does Baudelaire say he feels about the legend?
(a) As if he has suffered for it.
(b) As if it saves his life.
(c) As if it teaches him daily.
(d) As if it is not true at all.

3. Why does the narrator of "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame" turn down the ability to have everything of wealth?
(a) Because he does not trust the demon.
(b) Because he does not enjoy making other miserable.
(c) Because he is happy with what he has.
(d) Because he wants a better offer.

4. In "Vocations", what makes the boy who says he is not very happy excited?
(a) Remembering men from the fair.
(b) Having best friends.
(c) Receiving a small gift.
(d) Getting to move to another town.

5. Why does the narrator follow the woman around all day in "The Widows"?
(a) He thinks he knows her.
(b) She owes him money.
(c) She asks him to.
(d) He is fascinated with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Already!" what does the narrator see in the sea?

2. How is "The Foreigner" organized?

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

4. How is the scent of the hair in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair" described?

5. Because of the Moon's actions in "The Favors of the Moon", what happens to the child's skin?

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