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

2. What word does Baudelaire use to describe clouds in "The Foreigner"?
(a) Dark.
(b) Dramatic.
(c) Painful.
(d) Wonderful.

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

4. In "The Widows", what do the poor do with their grief?
(a) They try to hide it.
(b) They express it aloud.
(c) They turn it into art.
(d) They use it to avoid paying bills.

5. Why does the narrator not go to speak to the mountebank about his wares in "The Old Mountebank"?
(a) He does not want to embarrass him.
(b) He starts talking to a woman.
(c) He does not have any money.
(d) He does not like what he is selling.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Crowds", what is the poet's gift?

2. How does the narrator of "Which is the Real One?" sink into the ground?

3. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator describe about the room?

4. What does the poet say about being drunk in "Get Yourself Drunk"?

5. Where do the men leave in the beginning of "Counterfeit Money"?

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