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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 "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say about his father?

2. In "The Old Woman's Despair", why does the woman visit the baby?

3. Why does the narrator suggest people should buy toys in "The Toy of the Poor"?

4. What happens after the strange man in "Cake" has a piece of food?

5. What does the strange man call "cake" in "Cake"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator dream about?

3. How does the narrator of "The Old Mountebank" feel about the mountebank?

4. What are the fairies doing in "The Fairies' Gifts"?

5. In "The Widows", what does the narrator see when he follows the woman?

6. In "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame", what is the narrator tempted with?

7. What does the poet say about the Chinese in "The Clock"?

8. In "The Old Woman's Despair", how does the old woman feel after visiting the baby?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the beggar motif throughout this collection.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the poet's use of the prose format. Is this effective? Why?

Essay Topic 3

How does Baudelaire contradict himself throughout these poems? Why might this be?

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