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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 occupation is the woman whose arcade is destroyed in a fire in Chapter 2?
(a) A dress maker.
(b) A poisoner.
(c) A chef.
(d) A baker.

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

3. What year did the idea of public exhibition of goods occur in France?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1760.

4. What were used both in the railroad and the arcades during their constructions?
(a) Coal.
(b) Steel frames.
(c) Iron girders.
(d) Silver beams.

5. What country does the word Konyolute derive from?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How might the order of the first chapter be described?

3. What does the author say the arcade merchants showed a tendency toward because of technology?

4. Other than French, what other culture is represented in the poems shared in Chapter 2?

5. What type of technology was first used in the arcades of Paris according to Chapter 2?

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