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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. Who chooses the gifts the children receive in "The Fairies' Gifts"?

2. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what bothers the narrator about the woman?

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

4. Why do the fairies in "The Fairies' Gifts" have to work quickly?

5. In "The Foreigner", what emotions does Baudelaire tie to gold?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Baudelaire say about the night in "Evening Twilight"?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does the fairy become upset with the tradesman in "The Fairies' Gift"?

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

9. What is the "Introduction" to this collection of poems?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Baudelaire use irony in his poems?

Essay Topic 2

What is the poet's commentary on the arts? What are his commentaries on artists and the art community?

Essay Topic 3

Is the poet's use of different narrators effective? Why?

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