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

2. Why is the narrator of "The Firing Range and the Graveyard" criticized?
(a) For being ambitious.
(b) For being drunk.
(c) For being talkative.
(d) For being nosey.

3. In "The Generous Gambler", what do the people in the sanctuary look like?
(a) Bored.
(b) Happy.
(c) Old.
(d) Confused.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the boy in "The Rope" die?

3. How is the thoroughbred described in "A Thoroughbred"?

4. What does the man stop doing in "The Gallant Marksman" in order to practice shooting?

5. Why does the artist in "The Rope" want to paint the child so frequently?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the man angry with the woman in "The Eyes of the Poor"?

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

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

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

5. What happens when land is spotted in "Already!"?

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

7. In "A Heroic Death", why is Fancioulle's life at risk?

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

9. In "Which is the Real One/", what is the man's curse?

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

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