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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "To Arsène Houssaye", what does the author say reading Aloysius Bertrand made him want to do?
(a) Copy his style.
(b) Change his career.
(c) Become a journalist.
(d) Write a novel.

3. How does the fairy feel about the tradesman at the end of "The Fairies' Gifts"?
(a) She is frightened of him.
(b) She is in awe of him.
(c) She is upset with him.
(d) She is confused by him.

4. In "The Widows", why is the woman by the gate not allowed in the concert?
(a) Because she is late.
(b) Because she is poorly dressed.
(c) Because she lacks money.
(d) Because she has a child.

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

6. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", where does the poet see "the languor of long hours"?
(a) On a divan.
(b) In a bathtub.
(c) On her bed.
(d) In a park.

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

8. What gift does the fairy give the tradesman's child in "The Fairies' Gifts"?
(a) The power to love.
(b) The power to please.
(c) The gift of health.
(d) The gift of wealth.

9. In "The Widows", what do the poor do with their grief?
(a) They turn it into art.
(b) They express it aloud.
(c) They use it to avoid paying bills.
(d) They try to hide it.

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

11. In "To Arsène Houssaye", what does Baudelaire say this work lacks?
(a) Sophistication.
(b) The touches of an editor.
(c) A head or tail.
(d) Common sense.

12. What does the narrator ask the men in "To Each His Chimera"?
(a) Who is in control.
(b) Where they are going.
(c) How heavy the chimeras are.
(d) When they found the chimeras.

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

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

15. Why do the fairies in "The Fairies' Gifts" have to work quickly?
(a) They naturally move fast.
(b) They have a time limit.
(c) The children they work with age quickly.
(d) They will lose their powers if they slow down.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Joker", why does the man stop when he sees the donkey?

2. What does the narrator drop on the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?

3. Why does the narrator not go to speak to the mountebank about his wares in "The Old Mountebank"?

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

5. In "The Bad Glazier", why does the narrator suppose demons take over people?

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