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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the young woman Baudelaire tells a story of her relationship with a 60 year old man?

2. What year does the author discuss Baudelaire writing to a princess?

3. What occupation is the woman whose arcade is destroyed in a fire in Chapter 2?

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

5. Which of the following men are not discussed in Chapter 7, Section S?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the Commune first described in the book?

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

5. Describe the face pages of Chapter 2.

6. How is the concept of COFFEE ROOM discussed in the book?

7. How does the author first describe the lithograph in the book?

8. How does the author first describe surrealism in the book?

9. How is the struggle between the economic and social class described in Chapter 5?

10. How were gas lamps first used at the arcades of Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the portrayal of violence in the book. How does the author portray violence as necessary and useful through his accounts of street fighting and rioting in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the portrayal of God and Satan in the book. What image might the author be trying to project about these two characters based on their portrayal in the book? Are these portrayals strictly religious or could they be perceived in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the portrayal of lithographs and photography in the book. What reason did the author have for sometimes pitting these two mediums against one another, and what information can we learn about the modern movement based on their presence in the book?

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