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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12: The Favors of the Moon, Which is the Real One?, A Thoroughbred & The Mirror.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Solitude", how does the journalist back up his statement that solitude is bad for men?
(a) With a journal.
(b) With research.
(c) With gospels.
(d) With stories.

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

3. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what does the narrator describe as being in an iron cage?
(a) All women.
(b) Faith and beauty.
(c) Himself.
(d) A hairy monster.

4. What does Baudelaire say happens when he watches the poor old woman in "Windows"?
(a) She catches him watching her.
(b) It inspires him to write.
(c) Sometimes he cries.
(d) He falls asleep.

5. How does the narrator describe the dog after he smells the perfume in "The Dog and the Vial"?
(a) Admirable.
(b) Smelly.
(c) Miserable.
(d) Ill tempered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of the Moon's actions in "The Favors of the Moon", what happens to the child's skin?

2. How is Fancioulle's moment of death described by the poet in "A Heroic Death"?

3. In "A Heroic Death", what job does Fancioulle have?

4. In "The Old Mountebank", how do the merchants try to get the customers' attention?

5. Why does the narrator offer food to the strange man in "Cake"?

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