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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: The Widows, The Old Mountebank & Cake.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say he does not know the latitude of?
(a) His mind.
(b) His abilities.
(c) His country.
(d) His city.

2. In "The Double Room", what wakes the narrator from his dream?
(a) The rising sun.
(b) A clap of thunder.
(c) A knock.
(d) A woman yelling.

3. Why does the artist in "The Artist's Confiteor" decide he cannot describe nature?
(a) Because he is blind.
(b) Because he hates it.
(c) Because it is too great.
(d) Because he has a limited vocabulary.

4. In "The Dog and The Vial", what does the narrator say the dog resembles?
(a) The public.
(b) Children.
(c) The elite.
(d) Rats.

5. In "The Widows", who does the narrator say visits public parks?
(a) Children who need to breathe free.
(b) People who are crippled by life.
(c) Women who can no longer think.
(d) Men who long for nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men say to the narrator when he asks them questions in "To Each His Chimera"?

2. After the narrator wakes up in "The Double Room", what does he realize he must do?

3. What does the strange man call "cake" in "Cake"?

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

5. What happens to the mountebank in "The Old Mountebank"?

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