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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. What do most of the passengers on the boat in "Already!" say when they see land?
(a) It's true.
(b) Already.
(c) What?
(d) Finally.

2. Why does the narrator feel sympathy for the man dressed as a jester in "The Fool and Venus"?
(a) Because of his unkempt hair.
(b) Because of his clothes and eyes.
(c) Because of his poor speech.
(d) Because of his occupation.

3. Where does the narrator of "The Dog and The Vial" get the perfume?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

4. What does the man stop doing in "The Gallant Marksman" in order to practice shooting?
(a) Reading.
(b) Traveling.
(c) Singing.
(d) Working.

5. In "Vocations", what makes the boy who says he is not very happy excited?
(a) Receiving a small gift.
(b) Having best friends.
(c) Getting to move to another town.
(d) Remembering men from the fair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Solitude", how does the journalist back up his statement that solitude is bad for men?

3. In "To Arsène Houssaye", what does the author say reading Aloysius Bertrand made him want to do?

4. How does the boy in "The Rope" die?

5. Where are the men in "Portraits of Mistresses"?

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