The Flowers of Evil Quizzes

The Flowers of Evil Quiz 1

1 To whom is Fleurs dedicated?
Victor Hugo

Theophile Gautier

Paul Valery

Arthur Rimbaud
2 In "To the Reader" Baudelaire compares the reader to a
peasant

beggar

prince

criminal
3 In "To the Reader" who pulls our strings?
Ennui

Satan

God

Lust
4 In "To the Reader" what does one squeeze to get a bit of pleasure?
An orange

An apple

A grape

A tamarind
5 In "To the Reader" what "riots in our brain?"
Dullness

A shrivelled orange

A million worms

A demon nation
6 In "To the Reader" why don't we murder or rape?
We lack the desire

We lack the strength

We lack the means

We lack the nerve
7 In "To the Reader" who is the foullest creature?
Satan

Death

Ennui

Lust
8 In "To the Reader" how is Ennui depicted?
Dreaming of scaffolds

Smoking a pipe

Surrounded by evil creatures

All of these
9 In "To the Reader" the Reader is described as all the following except
Baudelaire's fellow man

A hypocrite

Baudelaire's brother

An angel
10 In "Benediction" who is angry when the poet is born?
His father

Satan

God

His mother
11 In "Benediction" how does the mother feel about her son?
She loathes him

She fears him

She is indifferent toward him

She loves him
12 In "Benediction" who watches over the child?
A devil

A nun

An angel

God
13 In "Benediction" what is the child's demeanor?
Mournful

Tempestuous

Happy

Fearful
14 In "Benediction" how do people around the poet treat him?
They worship him

They shun him

They are afraid of him

They persecute him
15 In "Benediction" the woman plans to do all the following except
claw the poet's heart out

worship the poet

lead the poet to worship her

seduce the poet
16 In "Benediction" the poet thanks God for his
mother

woman

life

sorrows
17 In "Benediction" the poet compares man's eyes to
candles

mirrors

stars

pools
18 In "The Albatross" who brings down the bird?
Sailors

Children

The poet

Satan
19 In "The Albatross" how is the bird described once he is captured?
Piteous

Comical

Unseemly

All of these
20 In "The Albatross" whom does the albatross represent?
The poet

Nature

God

Beauty
21 In "The Albatross" how is the poet treated?
He is admired

He is revered

He is ignored

He is mocked
22 In "Elevation" what takes flight?
An angel

An albatross

The poet's spirit

The soul of a child
23 In "Correspondences" Nature is a
miracle

dream

temple

paradise
24 In "Correspondences" Man walks in a grove of
signs

spirits

symbols

jewels
25 In "Correspondences" what come together?
The senses

Stars and trees

The spirits

Trees and streams

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