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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", what color hair does the poet focus on?

2. What does the hair feel like in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?

3. In "A Joker", why does the man stop when he sees the donkey?

4. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say he does not know the latitude of?

5. What happens to the mountebank in "The Old Mountebank"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator of "The Toy of the Poor" say poor children are similar to rich children?

2. In "A Joker", what does the narrator think about while watching the man and the donkey?

3. Why does the narrator threaten to throw the woman out in "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress"?

4. What makes the narrator change his mind about the setting in "Cake"?

5. What does the narrator see in the jester's eyes in "The Fool and Venus"?

6. What makes the narrator pity the man in "The Fool and Venus"?

7. What does the narrator say about the concert in "The Widows"?

8. What type of person does the poet describe in "Crowds"?

9. What are some of the things the narrator is upset with in "At One in the Morning"?

10. Why does Baudelaire include "To Arsène Houssaye" in this collection of poems?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the theme of mortality in this collection.

Essay Topic 2

How does Baudelaire use irony in his poems?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Baudelaire's use of symbolism in this collection. Consider the symbolism tied to dogs, demons, chimeras, and fairies.

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