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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the art form that is a printed image on wood or metal?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Lithograph.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Photography.

2. What does the author say the arcade merchants showed a tendency toward because of technology?
(a) Realism.
(b) Fanciness.
(c) Urbanism.
(d) Fantasy.

3. What decade does the author cover in Chapter 6?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1850s.
(c) 1800s.
(d) 1830s.

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

5. Who does the author say had a six-foot-high gold-plated key on their business sign at the arcade?
(a) A cook.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) The locksmith.
(d) A professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important concept the author puts forth in Chapter 3?

2. What philosopher is the primary focus of Chapter 6?

3. What does the author credit for giving a sense of time in the book in the form of a calendar?

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

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

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