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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. What does Baudelaire say about friends in "The Foreigner"?

2. How is "The Foreigner" organized?

3. In "The Fool and Venus", what is the man dressed like a jester doing?

4. When the narrator wakes up in "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame", how does he feel about his interactions with the demons?

5. How does the narrator feel at the end of "Cake"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens after the glazier leaves the man's room in "The Bad Glazier"?

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

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

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

Compare and contrast two poems. Consider their themes, style, and tone.

Essay Topic 3

How does the poet use descriptive language in his works? What is the effect of this type of language?

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