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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Further Conclusions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say Baudelaire did not have as a child?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Children's books.
(c) Toys.
(d) Parents.

2. Complete the following sentence by the author regarding Fourier, "The autonomy of art has its origin in the concealment of ______".
(a) Race.
(b) Lies.
(c) Truth.
(d) Labor.

3. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Urban Myth.
(b) Conclusions.
(c) Bohemians.
(d) Street Fighting.

4. What is the title of Chapter 4 of the book?
(a) First Sketches.
(b) The Beginning of Photography.
(c) Baudelaire.
(d) Urban Myth.

5. What term is described as stopping work and trying different things?
(a) Work.
(b) Reexamining.
(c) Relocating.
(d) Retirement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say that the use of fonts give to those discussed in various sections?

2. What type of materials rose in popularity in the 19th century?

3. What does the author credit as offering some hope to society in Chapter 9?

4. What was Nietzche famous for criticizing in his writings?

5. What is the name of the palace in London depicted in a lithograph in Chapter 5?

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