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

2. Why does the narrator of "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame" turn down the ability to have everything of wealth?
(a) Because he does not enjoy making other miserable.
(b) Because he wants a better offer.
(c) Because he does not trust the demon.
(d) Because he is happy with what he has.

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

4. How does the narrator of "Which is the Real One?" sink into the ground?
(a) He is shoved down.
(b) He stamps his foot.
(c) He dives into a pond but does not surface.
(d) He falls in a hole.

5. In "The Eyes of the Poor", what does the narrator first say to the woman?
(a) That she is not beautiful any longer.
(b) That she is late.
(c) That he will not yell at her.
(d) That he hates her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the woman as a painting subject described in "The Desire to Paint"?

2. Why does the narrator want something of color from the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?

3. What part of the child does the Moon touch in "The Favors of the Moon"?

4. In "A Thoroughbred", how does the thoroughbred learn her lessons?

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

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