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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator of "The Eyes of the Poor" remember the woman doing when she saw the poor man?
(a) She gave the small child a toy.
(b) She had a waiter make them leave.
(c) She turned her back to them.
(d) She threw a coin at them.

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

5. What does the man stop doing in "The Gallant Marksman" in order to practice shooting?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Reading.
(c) Working.
(d) Singing.

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

7. In "The Eyes of the Poor", how many children does the narrator say the poor man had with him?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

8. What does the poet say lurks at night in "The Desire to Paint"?
(a) Predators.
(b) The unknown.
(c) Women.
(d) Stars.

9. In "Portraits of Mistresses", what does the one man say happens when someone decides to take a mistress?
(a) They are enlightened.
(b) They go broke.
(c) They pass through stages.
(d) They lose their mind.

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

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

12. What makes the man in "Plans" think about a cabin?
(a) A river.
(b) A forest.
(c) His mother.
(d) A painting.

13. How does Baudelaire make the legend in "Windows"?
(a) From watching the old woman.
(b) From writing about the old woman.
(c) From peering into his neighbors' windows.
(d) From taking frequent naps.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Plans", what does the man say about planning?

2. In "Counterfeit Money", what does the man call his friend's stupidity?

3. Who begins sending the artist letters after the child's death in "The Rope"?

4. Why does the first beautiful woman die young in "Which is the Real One?"

5. In "Portraits of Mistresses", how many men sit around talking?

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