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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the woman as a painting subject described in "The Desire to Paint"?

2. How does the man lose his halo in "Loss of a Halo"?

3. What does the poet say lurks at night in "The Desire to Paint"?

4. In "Solitude", how does the journalist back up his statement that solitude is bad for men?

5. What part of the child does the Moon touch in "The Favors of the Moon"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Baudelaire describe ports in "The Port"?

2. What pleases the narrator in "Plans" about making plans?

3. In "Loss of a Halo", what does the man say about losing his halo?

4. What is the harm of the Moon blessing children in "The Favors of the Moon"?

5. What happens when the artist takes in the boy in "The Rope"?

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

7. How does the woman in "Mademoiselle Bistouri" act due to her obsession with doctors?

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

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

10. What are some of the complaints the men in "Portraits of Mistresses" have about their mistresses?

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