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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. How does the fairy feel about the tradesman at the end of "The Fairies' Gifts"?

2. What does the baby boy do when he sees the old woman in "The Old Woman's Despair"?

3. In "The Foreigner", what emotions does Baudelaire tie to gold?

4. What does the hair feel like in "A Hemisphere in Her Hair"?

5. What does the dog do after smelling the perfume in "The Dog and The Vial"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Temptations: Or, Eros, Plutus, and Fame", what is the narrator tempted with?

2. Why does "The Foreigner" end with a comment about clouds?

3. How does the narrator of "The Toy of the Poor" say poor children are similar to rich children?

4. In "A Hemisphere in Her Hair", what can be seen in black hair?

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

6. What does Baudelaire say about the night in "Evening Twilight"?

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

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

9. What are the fairies doing in "The Fairies' Gifts"?

10. What happens after the glazier leaves the man's room in "The Bad Glazier"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of the city in the lives of people?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two poems. Consider their themes, style, and tone.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the relationship between the titles of the poems in this collection and the poems themselves.

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