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

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator of "A Joker" think of his society?
(a) That it is being taken over by animals.
(b) That it is "well educated."
(c) That it is "growing poorer."
(d) That it is a "splendid imbecile."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the artist in "The Artist's Confiteor" decide he cannot describe nature?

2. In "The Old Mountebank", what does the narrator first notice about the mountebank?

3. How does the narrator of "The Clock" describe Feline?

4. In "Which is the Real One?", why are the first beautiful woman's eyes wide?

5. Of whom does the she-devil in "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame" remind the narrator?

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