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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 emotions does Baudelaire tie to gold?

2. In "The Double Room", what wakes the narrator from his dream?

3. In "The Widows", what do the poor do with their grief?

4. What season does the poet reflect upon in "The Artist's Confiteor"?

5. What does the poor child play with in "The Toy of the Poor"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Artist's Confiteor", why is the artist upset?

2. In "To Each His Chimera", what do the chimeras make the narrator realize?

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

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

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

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

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

8. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", what can be seen in black hair?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of the city in the lives of people?

Essay Topic 2

This collection is considered an example of modernism. Define the literary movement and explain how Baudelaire fits, and does not fit, in with the movement.

Essay Topic 3

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

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