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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the second beautiful woman in "Which is the Real One?" feel when she sees the narrator?
(a) She is happy.
(b) She is frightened.
(c) She is confused.
(d) She is angry.

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 gospels.
(d) With a journal.

3. In "Solitude", what does the journalist ask the poet about sharing?
(a) If he can define the word.
(b) If he feels the need to share joy.
(c) If he shares his money with the needy.
(d) If solitude protects him from sharing.

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

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

6. How many boys meet to talk in "Vocations"?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

7. Where are the men in "Portraits of Mistresses"?
(a) A gambling house.
(b) A pub.
(c) An inn.
(d) Someone's parlor.

8. What is the Devil afraid of in "The Generous Gambler"?
(a) Losing his power.
(b) Learning to love.
(c) Stepping out in the daylight.
(d) Being found out.

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

10. 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.

11. In "A Thoroughbred", how does the thoroughbred learn her lessons?
(a) From reality.
(b) From no one.
(c) From a man.
(d) From the stars.

12. In "The Rope", when are illusion and reality described as being the same?
(a) When they are a mother's love.
(b) When they belong to a child.
(c) When they are found in nature.
(d) Never.

13. How does the one gentleman in "Portraits of Mistresses" say he feels about finding flaws with mistresses?
(a) Angry, because they are nice women.
(b) Jealous, because he wants to be able to.
(c) Entertained, because they are funny flaws.
(d) Confused, because he has not had a mistress.

14. In "The Firing Range and the Graveyard", to whom does the narrator think the tavern is in homage?
(a) English.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) French.
(d) Indians.

15. How is the woman as a painting subject described in "The Desire to Paint"?
(a) A large void.
(b) A black star.
(c) A troubled face.
(d) A sleeping bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Heroic Death", what job does Fancioulle have?

2. How does Baudelaire say he feels about solitude in "Solitude"?

3. What does the man's wife do in "The Soup and the Clouds"?

4. What does the narrator of "The Eyes of the Poor" remember the woman doing when she saw the poor man?

5. What does the narrator hear in the graveyard in "The Firing Range and the Graveyard"?

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