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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 know the man he meets in "The Generous Gambler"?
(a) He has always wanted to meet him.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They went to school together.
(d) They live in the same building.

2. Why does the first beautiful woman die young in "Which is the Real One?"
(a) Because of an accident.
(b) Because of an illness.
(c) Because she was beaten.
(d) Because of her beauty.

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

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

5. In "The Eyes of the Poor", what does the narrator first say to the woman?
(a) That she is late.
(b) That she is not beautiful any longer.
(c) That he will not yell at her.
(d) That he hates her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Windows", what type of window does the poet say is most interesting to look in?

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

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

5. In "Beautiful Dorothy", why is Dorothy saving money?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is life like on the ship in "Already!"

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

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

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

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

7. Why is the woman in "The Desire to Paint" difficult to paint?

8. What is Dorothy's goal in "Beautiful Dorothy"?

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

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

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