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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is credited with most of the photos used in the book?
(a) Eiland.
(b) Nadar.
(c) McLaughlin.
(d) Benjamin.

2. What is the name of the letter G section of Chapter 5?
(a) Introductions.
(b) Exhibitions, Advertising, Grandville.
(c) First Sketches.
(d) Exposes.

3. What drug does the author discuss most throughout the book?
(a) Hashish.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Mushrooms.

4. What type of technology was first used in the arcades of Paris according to Chapter 2?
(a) Torches.
(b) Gas lights.
(c) Lamps.
(d) Candles.

5. What city are the arcades the author focuses on located?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Munich.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were most weddings before the 19th century in Paris described?

2. Which of the following activities is not classified as "full bodied" by the author?

3. What does the author say Baudelaire did not have as a child?

4. What does the author describe as a group of notes that are associated with the same topic?

5. What country does the word Konyolute derive from?

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