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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: The Fairies' Gifts, The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame & Evening Twilight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator suggest people should buy toys in "The Toy of the Poor"?
(a) To give to unknown children.
(b) To keep the economy moving.
(c) To learn to invent toys.
(d) To encourage more people to play.

2. How many devils visit the narrator of "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame"?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", where does the poet see "the languor of long hours"?
(a) In a bathtub.
(b) On a divan.
(c) In a park.
(d) On her bed.

4. What does the baby boy do when he sees the old woman in "The Old Woman's Despair"?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He cries.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He crawls away.

5. Why does the artist in "The Artist's Confiteor" decide he cannot describe nature?
(a) Because he has a limited vocabulary.
(b) Because he hates it.
(c) Because he is blind.
(d) Because it is too great.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator call himself in "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress"?

2. In "Crowds", what does the narrator give credit to for the people who stand out in a crowd?

3. In "A Joker", what does the donkey do when he sees the man?

4. In "The Fool and Venus", what is the man dressed like a jester doing?

5. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say he does not know the latitude of?

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