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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator suggest people should buy toys in "The Toy of the Poor"?

2. When the narrator wakes up in "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame", how does he feel about his interactions with the demons?

3. How does the narrator feel at the end of "Cake"?

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

5. In "The Double Room", what does the narrator describe about the room?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the "Introduction" to this collection of poems?

4. In "The Widows", what does the narrator see when he follows the woman?

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

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

7. What type of person does the poet describe in "Crowds"?

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

9. What happens when the dog smells perfume in "The Dog and The Vial"?

10. Why does Baudelaire include "To Arsène Houssaye" in this collection of poems?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Baudelaire contradict himself throughout these poems? Why might this be?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the references to religion in these poems. What role does religion play in deciding what is good or evil? What else helps to control morality other than religion?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the poet's analysis of class systems in this collection of poems. What relationships between the classes does he show? How are the classes defined? What is his commentary on both the upper and lower classes?

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