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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) Priests.
(b) Children.
(c) Queens.
(d) Lords.

2. How many devils visit the narrator of "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame"?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

3. In "The Rope", when are illusion and reality described as being the same?
(a) When they are found in nature.
(b) Never.
(c) When they belong to a child.
(d) When they are a mother's love.

4. How is "The Foreigner" organized?
(a) As a series of questions.
(b) In alphabetical order.
(c) In chronological order.
(d) As a letter.

5. In "Windows", what type of window does the poet say is most interesting to look in?
(a) One lit by a candle.
(b) A partially covered window.
(c) An open window.
(d) A closed window during the daytime.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator know the man he meets in "The Generous Gambler"?

2. In "At One in the Morning", what allows the narrator to relax?

3. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator call the woman on the bed?

4. In "The Foreigner", what emotions does Baudelaire tie to gold?

5. In "A Thoroughbred", how does the thoroughbred learn her lessons?

(see the answer key)

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