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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the man's wife in "The Gallant Marksman" react to his shooting?
(a) She criticizes his technique.
(b) She will not watch.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She claps.

2. How does Baudelaire describe the thyrsus in "The Thyrsus"?
(a) Lost.
(b) All-powerful.
(c) Beautifully sad.
(d) A plaything.

3. In "A Heroic Death", what job does Fancioulle have?
(a) Jester.
(b) Butler.
(c) Driver.
(d) Cook.

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

5. What season is it in "Vocations"?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

6. How does the narrator of "Which is the Real One?" sink into the ground?
(a) He is shoved down.
(b) He dives into a pond but does not surface.
(c) He falls in a hole.
(d) He stamps his foot.

7. How does the narrator know the man he meets in "The Generous Gambler"?
(a) They went to school together.
(b) He has always wanted to meet him.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They live in the same building.

8. In "Portraits of Mistresses", how many men sit around talking?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

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

10. 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.

11. In "Windows", how does Baudelaire say he feels about the legend?
(a) As if it saves his life.
(b) As if it is not true at all.
(c) As if it teaches him daily.
(d) As if he has suffered for it.

12. In "A Heroic Death", why does the Prince want to save Fancioulle's life?
(a) Because his lord tricked him.
(b) Because he knows he is innocent.
(c) Because he is so young.
(d) Because of his performance at court.

13. Where does the man walk in "Plans"?
(a) In a park.
(b) Through a small village.
(c) In a city.
(d) Over a bridge.

14. What do most of the passengers on the boat in "Already!" say when they see land?
(a) Already.
(b) Finally.
(c) What?
(d) It's true.

15. How does the man in "Counterfeit Money" learn that his friend has counterfeit coins?
(a) When he is arrested.
(b) When he tries to trade coins.
(c) When his wife gets mad.
(d) When he gives some to a beggar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Which is the Real One?", why are the first beautiful woman's eyes wide?

2. In "The Firing Range and the Graveyard", to whom does the narrator think the tavern is in homage?

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

4. In "Mademoiselle Bistouri", what does the woman have hanging on her walls?

5. How does Baudelaire make the legend in "Windows"?

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