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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Portraits of Mistresses", what does the Prince's bastard child often say?
(a) Where she plans to travel.
(b) Why she is right about everything.
(c) What would be different if she were a man.
(d) How she would spend her money if she had any.

2. In "Solitude", how does the journalist back up his statement that solitude is bad for men?
(a) With research.
(b) With stories.
(c) With a journal.
(d) With gospels.

3. What does the poet say is negative in the Moon's interactions with children in "The Favors of the Moon"?
(a) It creates lunatics.
(b) It causes ill health.
(c) It breaks the laws of science.
(d) It is unfair to others.

4. How is Fancioulle's moment of death described by the poet in "A Heroic Death"?
(a) As his greatest moment.
(b) As a mistake.
(c) As a dark time.
(d) As a passing moment.

5. Why does the narrator of "The Mirror" question the man looking into a mirror?
(a) Because he is ugly.
(b) Because he is not smiling at himself.
(c) Because it is raining and he is outside.
(d) Because the mirror is not his.

6. Why does the artist in "The Rope" want to paint the child so frequently?
(a) He is taken by the child's face.
(b) He is in love with the child's aunt.
(c) He misses his own childhood.
(d) The child will pose for free.

7. What does the poet say about being drunk in "Get Yourself Drunk"?
(a) People should always be drunk.
(b) Drinking should be reserved for the wealthy.
(c) People need to help others get drunk.
(d) People should avoid drinking.

8. In "Beautiful Dorothy", why is Dorothy saving money?
(a) To buy back her sister.
(b) To move to Paris.
(c) To go on vacation.
(d) To attract a husband.

9. In "The Soup and the Clouds", how does the man's wife break his daydream?
(a) She calls for him.
(b) She gives him soup.
(c) She hits him.
(d) She falls asleep.

10. According to the poet in "The Thyrsus", who gets to use the thyrsus?
(a) Children.
(b) Lords.
(c) Priests.
(d) Queens.

11. In "The Generous Gambler", what do the people in the sanctuary look like?
(a) Confused.
(b) Happy.
(c) Old.
(d) Bored.

12. At the end of "Plans", what does the man say about planning?
(a) It is funny.
(b) It is a joy.
(c) It is not for him.
(d) It is difficult work.

13. Because of the Moon's actions in "The Favors of the Moon", what happens to the child's skin?
(a) It is covered with freckles.
(b) It has a yellow tint.
(c) It starts to sparkle.
(d) It becomes pale.

14. What does the narrator hear in the graveyard in "The Firing Range and the Graveyard"?
(a) Breaking glass and gun shots.
(b) Voices and gun shots.
(c) Crying and singing.
(d) Cries and breaking glass.

15. When Dorothy goes to the shore in "Beautiful Dorothy", what does the narrator wonder?
(a) If she is lonely.
(b) If she is meeting someone.
(c) If she is going swimming.
(d) If she is wasting time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman's mouth compared to in "The Desire to Paint"?

2. How does the second beautiful woman in "Which is the Real One?" feel when she sees the narrator?

3. In "Windows", what type of window does the poet say is most interesting to look in?

4. Where are the men in "Portraits of Mistresses"?

5. In "The Eyes of the Poor", how many children does the narrator say the poor man had with him?

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