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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10: The Rope, Vocations, The Thyrsus & Get Yourself Drunk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet say about being drunk in "Get Yourself Drunk"?
(a) Drinking should be reserved for the wealthy.
(b) People should avoid drinking.
(c) People should always be drunk.
(d) People need to help others get drunk.

2. When Dorothy goes to the shore in "Beautiful Dorothy", what does the narrator wonder?
(a) If she is lonely.
(b) If she is going swimming.
(c) If she is meeting someone.
(d) If she is wasting time.

3. 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.

4. In "The Widows", why is the woman by the gate not allowed in the concert?
(a) Because she lacks money.
(b) Because she is poorly dressed.
(c) Because she is late.
(d) Because she has a child.

5. Why does the artist in "The Rope" want to paint the child so frequently?
(a) He is in love with the child's aunt.
(b) He is taken by the child's face.
(c) He misses his own childhood.
(d) The child will pose for free.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Eyes of the Poor", how many children does the narrator say the poor man had with him?

2. Why does the narrator say the poor children will be wary in "The Toy of the Poor"?

3. Why does the narrator feel sympathy for the man dressed as a jester in "The Fool and Venus"?

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

5. In "The Foreigner", what emotion does Baudelaire discuss?

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