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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. Why does the narrator of "The Mirror" question the man looking into a mirror?

2. In "Beautiful Dorothy", why is Dorothy saving money?

3. In "Vocations", what makes the boy who says he is not very happy excited?

4. In "Solitude", what does the journalist ask the poet about sharing?

5. Where are the men in "Portraits of Mistresses"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the man in "The Mirror" react to the narrator's question?

2. What does Baudelaire see in the thoroughbred, in "A Thoroughbred", that no one else sees?

3. In "Loss of a Halo", what does the man say about losing his halo?

4. What happens when the artist takes in the boy in "The Rope"?

5. What is the thyrsus?

6. How does Fancioulle work to save his life in "A Heroic Death"?

7. What does the Devil promise the narrator of "The Generous Gambler"?

8. How does the man feel when he discovers his friend has counterfeit coins in "Counterfeit Money"?

9. In "Which is the Real One/", what is the man's curse?

10. What happens when land is spotted in "Already!"?

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

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.

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