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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Loss of a Halo", what is described as being positive about not having a halo?
(a) Never having to live up to expectations.
(b) Being able to partake in debauchery.
(c) Not worrying about losing it.
(d) Carrying less weight.

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

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

4. In "Counterfeit Money", what does the man call his friend's stupidity?
(a) Trickery.
(b) Evil.
(c) Foolishness.
(d) Pride.

5. How does the man lose his halo in "Loss of a Halo"?
(a) During a fight.
(b) He sold it.
(c) He never had one.
(d) From running across the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dorothy goes to the shore in "Beautiful Dorothy", what does the narrator wonder?

2. What does the narrator of "The Generous Gambler" do after the Devil promises him many things?

3. In "The Thyrsus", what does the poet say covers the thyrsus?

4. Where do the men leave in the beginning of "Counterfeit Money"?

5. According to the poet in "The Thyrsus", who gets to use the thyrsus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Baudelaire see in the thoroughbred, in "A Thoroughbred", that no one else sees?

2. What does the fourth boy in "Vocations" tell the others?

3. What does the Devil promise the narrator of "The Generous Gambler"?

4. In "The Gallant Marksman", what happens after the man misses his shot?

5. How does the man feel about clouds in "The Soup and the Clouds"?

6. How does the man in "The Mirror" react to the narrator's question?

7. How does Fancioulle work to save his life in "A Heroic Death"?

8. In "Portraits of Mistresses", how do the men feel about having mistresses?

9. Why does Baudelaire say people should always be drunk in "Get Yourself Drunk"?

10. Why are windows lit by candles preferred in "Windows"?

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