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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) All women.
(b) Faith and beauty.
(c) A hairy monster.
(d) Himself.

2. In "The Foreigner", what emotion does Baudelaire discuss?
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Fear.

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

4. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say he does not know the latitude of?
(a) His abilities.
(b) His city.
(c) His country.
(d) His mind.

5. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator describe about the room?
(a) The nature outside the room.
(b) The people inside.
(c) The feelings he has about the room.
(d) The physical appearance.

6. How does the narrator describe the dog after he smells the perfume in "The Dog and the Vial"?
(a) Ill tempered.
(b) Admirable.
(c) Smelly.
(d) Miserable.

7. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator call the woman on the bed?
(a) Star.
(b) Goddess.
(c) Idol.
(d) Diva.

8. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", what color hair does the poet focus on?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blonde.

9. In "The Fool and Venus", what is the man dressed like a jester doing?
(a) Staring at a statue.
(b) Performing in a park.
(c) Begging for money.
(d) Drawing a picture.

10. Where does the poet glimpse men in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?
(a) A port.
(b) Church.
(c) Market.
(d) A school.

11. In "Crowds", what does the narrator give credit to for the people who stand out in a crowd?
(a) Money.
(b) Religion.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Good education.

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

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

14. Who chooses the gifts the children receive in "The Fairies' Gifts"?
(a) The children.
(b) The fairies.
(c) The children's parents.
(d) A beast.

15. In "A Joker", what does the donkey do when he sees the man?
(a) The donkey bites him.
(b) The donkey trots on.
(c) The donkey kicks his legs.
(d) The donkey goes to beg food from the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "The Fool and Venus" describe the day?

2. What happens after the strange man in "Cake" has a piece of food?

3. In "The Old Woman's Despair", why does the woman visit the baby?

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

5. Why do the fairies in "The Fairies' Gifts" have to work quickly?

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