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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, K,L,M,N,O,P.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Complete this sentence from the opening of Section IV of Chapter 2, "The criminals in early _______ novels are neither gentlemen nor apaches, but private citizens of the middle class".
(a) Detective.
(b) Romance.
(c) History.
(d) Mystery.

3. What is the most important concept the author puts forth in Chapter 3?
(a) Modernity.
(b) Love.
(c) Industrialization.
(d) Religion.

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

5. What subjects did Baudelaire believe the future of literature would rely on?
(a) History and science.
(b) Science and philosophy.
(c) Philosophy and religion.
(d) Theology and history.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What country did the author Nietzche hail from?

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

4. Complete the following sentence from the author discussing Romantic beliefs, "The primary interest of _______ is not linguistic but optical."

5. What does the author say the arcade was a precursor to in modern society?

(see the answer key)

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