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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 13: The Port, Portraits of Mistresses & The Gallant Marksman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the poet describe the words "multitude" and "solitude" in "Crowds"?
(a) As being identical.
(b) As being difficult to spell.
(c) As being opposites.
(d) As being painful.

2. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say about his father?
(a) He does not have one.
(b) He loves his.
(c) Baudelaire does not mention his father.
(d) He does not know his father.

3. In "Already!" how many suns have set according to the narrator?
(a) Fifty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Five hundred.

4. How does the fairy feel about the tradesman at the end of "The Fairies' Gifts"?
(a) She is frightened of him.
(b) She is in awe of him.
(c) She is upset with him.
(d) She is confused by him.

5. In "A Heroic Death", why does the Prince want to save Fancioulle's life?
(a) Because of his performance at court.
(b) Because his lord tricked him.
(c) Because he knows he is innocent.
(d) Because he is so young.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Bad Glazier", why does the narrator's friend start a forest fire?

2. What season does the poet reflect upon in "The Artist's Confiteor"?

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

4. Where does the narrator of "The Dog and The Vial" get the perfume?

5. In "The Generous Gambler", what do the people in the sanctuary look like?

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