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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what does the narrator describe as being in an iron cage?
(a) A hairy monster.
(b) All women.
(c) Himself.
(d) Faith and beauty.

2. How does the tradesman react to his child's gift in "The Fairies' Gifts"?
(a) He tries to pay the fairy.
(b) He wants the fairy to explain it to him.
(c) He demands a better gift.
(d) He laughs at it.

3. After the narrator wakes up in "The Double Room", what does he realize he must do?
(a) Take a vacation.
(b) Return to work.
(c) Pay bills.
(d) Go back to sleep.

4. How does the poet describe the words "multitude" and "solitude" in "Crowds"?
(a) As being painful.
(b) As being opposites.
(c) As being difficult to spell.
(d) As being identical.

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

6. What does the poet say the first man died of "Evening Twilight"?
(a) Fear.
(b) Old age.
(c) Illness.
(d) Madness.

7. In "The Fool and Venus", at what or where does the narrator notice Venus staring?
(a) Into the distance.
(b) At the jester.
(c) To the sky.
(d) At himself.

8. What or whom does the narrator of "The Clock" name Feline?
(a) A dog.
(b) A woman.
(c) A Chinese neighbor.
(d) A cat.

9. In "The Bad Glazier", why does the narrator's friend start a forest fire?
(a) To frighten his wife.
(b) Because he falls asleep while smoking a cigar.
(c) To see how quickly it spread.
(d) It is an accident.

10. 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 starts talking to a woman.
(d) He does not like what he is selling.

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

12. How is the scent of the hair in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair" described?
(a) As not having any scent.
(b) As smelling of flowers.
(c) As having a wide-range of scents.
(d) As reeking of smoke.

13. Why does the narrator say the poor children will be wary in "The Toy of the Poor"?
(a) Because they won't believe such luck.
(b) Because they fear money.
(c) Because they have never known kind adults.
(d) Because they will think they are traps.

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

15. What does the poor child play with in "The Toy of the Poor"?
(a) A dollar bill.
(b) A cup.
(c) A rat.
(d) A puppet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the strange man call "cake" in "Cake"?

2. How does the narrator describe the dog after he smells the perfume in "The Dog and the Vial"?

3. Why does the narrator suggest people should buy toys in "The Toy of the Poor"?

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

5. Why does the narrator of "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame" turn down the ability to have everything of wealth?

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