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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. How does the narrator describe the dog after he smells the perfume in "The Dog and the Vial"?
(a) Ill tempered.
(b) Miserable.
(c) Smelly.
(d) Admirable.

2. Why does the narrator follow the woman around all day in "The Widows"?
(a) He is fascinated with her.
(b) He thinks he knows her.
(c) She owes him money.
(d) She asks him to.

3. What does the narrator ask the men in "To Each His Chimera"?
(a) How heavy the chimeras are.
(b) When they found the chimeras.
(c) Where they are going.
(d) Who is in control.

4. In "The Fool and Venus", what is the man dressed like a jester doing?
(a) Staring at a statue.
(b) Drawing a picture.
(c) Performing in a park.
(d) Begging for money.

5. What season does the poet reflect upon in "The Artist's Confiteor"?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Old Mountebank", how do the merchants try to get the customers' attention?

2. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator describe about the room?

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

4. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what bothers the narrator about the woman?

5. In "The Foreigner", how is beauty described?

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