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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9: A Heroic Death, Counterfeit Money & The Generous Gambler.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "At One in the Morning", what allows the narrator to relax?
(a) Morning.
(b) Women.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Shadows.

2. What does the poet say the first man died of "Evening Twilight"?
(a) Illness.
(b) Madness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Old age.

3. How is Fancioulle's moment of death described by the poet in "A Heroic Death"?
(a) As a passing moment.
(b) As his greatest moment.
(c) As a dark time.
(d) As a mistake.

4. In "The Old Mountebank", what does the narrator first notice about the mountebank?
(a) His smile.
(b) His tall hat.
(c) His level of poverty.
(d) His wares for sale.

5. After the narrator wakes up in "The Double Room", what does he realize he must do?
(a) Return to work.
(b) Pay bills.
(c) Take a vacation.
(d) Go back to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator offer food to the strange man in "Cake"?

2. What does the baby boy do when he sees the old woman in "The Old Woman's Despair"?

3. Why does the narrator not go to speak to the mountebank about his wares in "The Old Mountebank"?

4. How does the man in "Counterfeit Money" learn that his friend has counterfeit coins?

5. Of whom does the she-devil in "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame" remind the narrator?

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