View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Baudelaire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say supplanted the old soldier-laborer that the agrarian society depended on?
(a) Modernism.
(b) Urbanism.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Textiles.

2. Other than French, what other culture is represented in the poems shared in Chapter 2?
(a) British.
(b) Italian.
(c) Turkish.
(d) East Asian.

3. What does the author say women in Paris would do to be attractive despite it being uncomfortable?
(a) Dressing nicely.
(b) Not eat.
(c) Fix their hair.
(d) Wear high heels.

4. What philosopher is the primary focus of Chapter 6?
(a) Conclusions.
(b) Streetfighting in Munich.
(c) Baudelaire.
(d) Hausmannism.

5. Who is the author of the book?
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Walter Benjamin.
(c) Alexander Dumas.
(d) Howard Eiland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did the idea of public exhibition of goods occur in France?

2. What concept does the author credit as an attribute of the modern world along with ennui?

3. What drug does the author discuss most throughout the book?

4. How many street cafes were in Paris in 1757?

5. What city are the arcades the author focuses on located?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 163 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample