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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator wakes up in "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame", how does he feel about his interactions with the demons?
(a) He is proud for being so moral.
(b) He regrets his decisions.
(c) He thinks it was just a joke.
(d) He cannot remember the demons.

2. In "The Foreigner", what does Baudelaire say he does not know the latitude of?
(a) His abilities.
(b) His country.
(c) His mind.
(d) His city.

3. Why does the narrator want something of color from the glazier in "The Bad Glazier"?
(a) To resell at the market.
(b) To brighten up his life.
(c) To decorate his bedroom.
(d) To give to his wife.

4. How does the narrator of "The Fool and Venus" describe the day?
(a) Complicated.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Horrible.
(d) Beautiful.

5. How is the scent of the hair in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair" described?
(a) As having a wide-range of scents.
(b) As smelling of flowers.
(c) As reeking of smoke.
(d) As not having any scent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Old Woman's Despair", to what does the old woman compare herself?

2. How is "The Foreigner" organized?

3. In "The Wild Woman and the Little Mistress", what does the narrator describe as being in an iron cage?

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

5. Where does the poet glimpse men in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the narrator pity the man in "The Fool and Venus"?

2. How does the narrator of "The Old Mountebank" feel about the mountebank?

3. In "A Joker", what does the narrator think about while watching the man and the donkey?

4. In "The Old Woman's Despair", how does the old woman feel after visiting the baby?

5. What does the poet say about the Chinese in "The Clock"?

6. What does the narrator say about the concert in "The Widows"?

7. What makes the narrator change his mind about the setting in "Cake"?

8. In "To Each His Chimera", what do the chimeras make the narrator realize?

9. What does the narrator see in the jester's eyes in "The Fool and Venus"?

10. What are the voices discussing in "The Foreigner"?

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