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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. In "The Old Mountebank", what does the narrator first notice about the mountebank?
(a) His tall hat.
(b) His smile.
(c) His level of poverty.
(d) His wares for sale.

2. How is "The Foreigner" organized?
(a) In alphabetical order.
(b) As a series of questions.
(c) In chronological order.
(d) As a letter.

3. 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.

4. In "A Joker", what does the donkey do when he sees the man?
(a) The donkey goes to beg food from the man.
(b) The donkey kicks his legs.
(c) The donkey trots on.
(d) The donkey bites him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Widows", what do the poor do with their grief?

2. Where does the narrator of "The Dog and The Vial" get the perfume?

3. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", where does the poet see "the languor of long hours"?

4. What happens to the mountebank in "The Old Mountebank"?

5. In "The Dog and The Vial", what does the narrator say the dog resembles?

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