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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. How does the narrator of "Which is the Real One?" sink into the ground?
(a) He stamps his foot.
(b) He falls in a hole.
(c) He is shoved down.
(d) He dives into a pond but does not surface.

2. What happens when the man shoots in "The Gallant Marksman"?
(a) All his shots go wild.
(b) He hits the target half of the time.
(c) He hits the target every time.
(d) He is too afraid to shoot.

3. What does the narrator of "The Eyes of the Poor" remember the woman doing when she saw the poor man?
(a) She gave the small child a toy.
(b) She turned her back to them.
(c) She threw a coin at them.
(d) She had a waiter make them leave.

4. In "The Gallant Marksman", what does the man attribute his shooting skills to?
(a) His mind.
(b) His wife.
(c) His parents.
(d) His steady hand.

5. In "Portraits of Mistresses", what does the one man say happens when someone decides to take a mistress?
(a) They pass through stages.
(b) They are enlightened.
(c) They go broke.
(d) They lose their mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Baudelaire describe the thyrsus in "The Thyrsus"?

2. In "A Thoroughbred", how does the thoroughbred learn her lessons?

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

4. In "Portraits of Mistresses", why does the man with the mistress who is willing to please break up with her?

5. In "Already!" what does the narrator see in the sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Gallant Marksman", what happens after the man misses his shot?

2. What is life like on the ship in "Already!"

3. Why are windows lit by candles preferred in "Windows"?

4. What is Dorothy's goal in "Beautiful Dorothy"?

5. How does the journalist in "Solitude" feel about solitude?

6. How does the man feel when he discovers his friend has counterfeit coins in "Counterfeit Money"?

7. What pleases the narrator in "Plans" about making plans?

8. What happens when land is spotted in "Already!"?

9. What are some of the complaints the men in "Portraits of Mistresses" have about their mistresses?

10. In "The Firing Range and the Graveyard", what happens to the man when he enters the graveyard?

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