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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: The Bad Glazier, At One in the Morning, The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress & Crowds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator drop on the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?
(a) A brick.
(b) A book.
(c) A flowerpot.
(d) A picture frame.

2. In "To Arsène Houssaye", what does the author say reading Aloysius Bertrand made him want to do?
(a) Copy his style.
(b) Write a novel.
(c) Change his career.
(d) Become a journalist.

3. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator describe about the room?
(a) The feelings he has about the room.
(b) The physical appearance.
(c) The nature outside the room.
(d) The people inside.

4. What does the narrator of "A Joker" think of his society?
(a) That it is "growing poorer."
(b) That it is a "splendid imbecile."
(c) That it is being taken over by animals.
(d) That it is "well educated."

5. After the narrator wakes up in "The Double Room", what does he realize he must do?
(a) Pay bills.
(b) Take a vacation.
(c) Go back to sleep.
(d) Return to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is "The Foreigner" organized?

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

3. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what does the narrator describe as being in an iron cage?

4. What word does Baudelaire use to describe clouds in "The Foreigner"?

5. In "The Old Woman's Despair", to what does the old woman compare herself?

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