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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 Fool and Venus", what is the man dressed like a jester doing?

2. Where does the poet glimpse men in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?

3. How does the poet describe the words "multitude" and "solitude" in "Crowds"?

4. What does the narrator drop on the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?

5. How many devils visit the narrator of "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does "The Foreigner" end with a comment about clouds?

4. What happens when the dog smells perfume in "The Dog and The Vial"?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does the narrator of "Invitation to the Voyage" want to travel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the beggar motif throughout this collection.

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

How is greed a motivating factor in several of these poems? What message about greed is delivered?

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