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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the narrator of "The Fool and Venus" describe the day?
(a) Horrible.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Complicated.

5. In "At One in the Morning", what allows the narrator to relax?
(a) Shadows.
(b) Morning.
(c) Women.
(d) Dinner.

6. What does the baby boy do when he sees the old woman in "The Old Woman's Despair"?
(a) He crawls away.
(b) He cries.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He laughs.

7. In "The Old Woman's Despair", to what does the old woman compare herself?
(a) An empty house.
(b) A setting sun.
(c) A wilted flower.
(d) A scarecrow.

8. In "The Foreigner", to what is gold compared?
(a) Money.
(b) Family.
(c) God.
(d) Country.

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

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

11. What does the narrator of "A Joker" think of his society?
(a) That it is being taken over by animals.
(b) That it is "well educated."
(c) That it is a "splendid imbecile."
(d) That it is "growing poorer."

12. What does the dog do after smelling the perfume in "The Dog and The Vial"?
(a) He howls.
(b) He barks.
(c) He chases his tail.
(d) He licks the vial.

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

14. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what bothers the narrator about the woman?
(a) Her sister.
(b) She whines.
(c) She is poor.
(d) Her clothes are dirty.

15. What does the narrator drop on the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?
(a) A flowerpot.
(b) A brick.
(c) A book.
(d) A picture frame.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Bad Glazier", why does the narrator's friend start a forest fire?

2. In "The Clock", how do the Chinese tell time using cats?

3. Why does the narrator follow the woman around all day in "The Widows"?

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

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

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