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

2. How does the narrator feel at the end of "Cake"?
(a) Proud.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Excited.
(d) Confused.

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

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

5. In "To Arsène Houssaye", what does Baudelaire say this work lacks?
(a) The touches of an editor.
(b) Sophistication.
(c) A head or tail.
(d) Common sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the artist in "The Artist's Confiteor" decide he cannot describe nature?

2. In "Crowds", what is the poet's gift?

3. What does the poor child play with in "The Toy of the Poor"?

4. What gift does the fairy give the tradesman's child in "The Fairies' Gifts"?

5. Why does the narrator suggest people should buy toys in "The Toy of the Poor"?

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