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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15: Any Where Out of the World, Let's Beat Up the Poor! & Good Dogs.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the passengers on the ship in "Already!" talk about?
(a) The sea.
(b) Money.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Home.

4. What does Baudelaire say about friends in "The Foreigner"?
(a) He does not know the meaning.
(b) He only has a few.
(c) They waste time.
(d) They are more important than family.

5. What happens to the mountebank in "The Old Mountebank"?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He starts singing loudly.
(c) The narrator loses sight of him.
(d) He walks into a restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Loss of a Halo", who is imagined to have picked up a halo?

2. In "The Dog and The Vial", what does the narrator say the dog resembles?

3. In "The Soup and the Clouds", what does the man call his wife?

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

5. In "Any Where Out of the World", what questions does the narrator have for his soul?

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