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

2. In "Loss of a Halo", who is imagined to have picked up a halo?
(a) A poet.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A thief.
(d) A police officer.

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

4. What happens after the strange man in "Cake" has a piece of food?
(a) He eats it quickly.
(b) Another man attacks him.
(c) The narrator takes it back.
(d) He throws it on the ground.

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 a "splendid imbecile."
(c) That it is "well educated."
(d) That it is "growing poorer."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Baudelaire say he feels about solitude in "Solitude"?

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

3. What does Baudelaire say about friends in "The Foreigner"?

4. Why does the narrator offer food to the strange man in "Cake"?

5. In "Portraits of Mistresses", why does the man with the mistress who is willing to please break up with her?

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