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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what decade does the author say business first increased at the arcades?
(a) 1810s.
(b) 1850s.
(c) 1780s.
(d) 1890s.

4. What is the first artistic movement the author discusses in the book?
(a) Naturalism.
(b) Modernism.
(c) Impressionism.
(d) Surrealism.

5. What does the author say places like Paris were celebrations of the power of?
(a) Technology.
(b) The industrialized world.
(c) The modern world.
(d) Romance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What struggle is examined most in Chapter 5?

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

4. Which of the following things is not considered part of the psychological order the arcades created?

5. What subjects did Baudelaire believe the future of literature would rely on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were barricades used at the arcades in Paris?

2. How does the author describe the importance of manufacturing in Chapter 3?

3. How does the author describe imagination at the end of Chapter 6?

4. How are fonts first discussed in the book?

5. How is the drug culture of Europe discussed in Chapter 6?

6. Describe the purpose for the author using multiple fonts in Chapter 7.

7. How is romanticism first described in the book?

8. Describe the story told by Baudelaire of a 26-year-old woman's relationship with a 60-year-old man?

9. How is Theodor Adorno first described in the book?

10. How does the author describe the fate of a woman poisoner in Chapter 2?

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