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Quiz about A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud

"A Season in Hell" by Arthur Rimbaud Quiz

One of Literature's most intriguing characters, and its greatest disasters. His written work ended at the age of nineteen, but his life continued on a nomadic trail of adventure. Arthur Rimbaud both captivated, and astonished. Enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by Dantecmdy. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Dantecmdy

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
238,351

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
272

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "Once if I remember well, my life was a feast, where all hearts opened,
and all wines...". What's the missing word? Hint

dried

ran

rotted

flowed

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. "I have a horror of all trades. Master and workers, base peasants all.
The hand that guides the pen is worth the hand that guides the...".
What's the missing word? Hint

words

plough

ink

whip

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Had I not once a lovely youth, heroic, fabulous, to be written on sheets of gold, good luck and to...". What's the missing word? Hint

come

spare

pray

rhyme

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Question 4 of 10

4. "At last, O happiness, O reason, I brushed from the sky the azure that is darkness, and I lived--gold spark of pure...". What's the missing
word?
Hint

meyhem

utopia

hell

light

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Question 5 of 10

5. "We're not going. Back over the old roads again, laden with my vices
whose roots of suffering have flourished at my side since reason...".
What's the missing word? Hint

smiled

sprung

dawned

died

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Question 6 of 10

6. "I called to the executioners that I might gnaw their rifle-butts while
dying. I called to the plagues to smother me in blood, in sand.
Misfortune was my...". What's the missing word? Hint

guide

greatness

game

god

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Question 7 of 10

7. "One evening I sat beauty on my knees. And I found her bitter. And I
cursed...". What's the missing word? Hint

birth

man

her

time

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Question 8 of 10

8. "If I've a taste, it's not alone. For the earth and stones, rock, coal,
iron, air. That's my daily...". What's the missing word? Hint

toll

fare

vision

life

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. "My health was threatened. Terror came. I would fall into a slumber of
days, and getting up would go on with the same sad...". What's the missing word? Hint

whims

ideals

notions

dreams

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Boredom is no longer my love. Rages, debauchery, madness,--I have known
all their soarings, and their...". What's the missing word? Hint

disasters

smiles

plight

desire

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Once if I remember well, my life was a feast, where all hearts opened, and all wines...". What's the missing word?

Answer: flowed

Jean-Nicolas-Arthur Rimbaud was born on October 20, 1854, in Charleville, France.

2. "I have a horror of all trades. Master and workers, base peasants all. The hand that guides the pen is worth the hand that guides the...". What's the missing word?

Answer: plough

Rimbaud's father, Frederic, was a career soldier. He left his family
when Arthur was six years old, never to return.

3. "Had I not once a lovely youth, heroic, fabulous, to be written on sheets of gold, good luck and to...". What's the missing word?

Answer: spare

Rimbaud was an outstanding student, but his behavior was considerd
provocative. At the College de Charleville, he took first prize in the
Concours Academique.

4. "At last, O happiness, O reason, I brushed from the sky the azure that is darkness, and I lived--gold spark of pure...". What's the missing word?

Answer: light

In 1871, Rimbaud met poet Paul Verlaine. (1844-1896) He would later
leave his young wife, and unborn child to lead a bohemian lifestyle
with Rimbaud in London in 1872.

5. "We're not going. Back over the old roads again, laden with my vices whose roots of suffering have flourished at my side since reason...". What's the missing word?

Answer: dawned

In a relationship fueled by drug and drink, Rimbaud ended the torrid
affair, in Brussels, only to be shot in the wrist by a drunken Verlaine.

6. "I called to the executioners that I might gnaw their rifle-butts while dying. I called to the plagues to smother me in blood, in sand. Misfortune was my...". What's the missing word?

Answer: god

Rimbaud returned home and finished "Une Saison en Enfer". After its
printing he sent copies to literary friends in Paris. With the Brussels
scandal still looming, he found himself snubbed by all.

7. "One evening I sat beauty on my knees. And I found her bitter. And I cursed...". What's the missing word?

Answer: her

Around 1873, disillusioned with literature, Rimbaud burned all his
manuscripts, and remaining copies of "Une Saison en Enfer". He ended
his literary career at the age of nineteen. He began wondering Europe,
learning many languages, and working countless odd jobs.

8. "If I've a taste, it's not alone. For the earth and stones, rock, coal, iron, air. That's my daily...". What's the missing word?

Answer: fare

Around 1875, Rimbaud crossed the Alps on foot to reach Italy, where he
hoped to work in a soap factory. In 1876 Rimbaud went to Holland and
enlisted into the Dutch army, to reach the Orient. He sailed to Java,
and deserted three weeks later.

9. "My health was threatened. Terror came. I would fall into a slumber of days, and getting up would go on with the same sad...". What's the missing word?

Answer: dreams

On April 2, 1891 Rimbaud left Harar. After suffering for many months
from a swelling in his right leg, the inflammation got worse, and in a
Marseilles hospital, his leg was amputated.

10. "Boredom is no longer my love. Rages, debauchery, madness,--I have known all their soarings, and their...". What's the missing word?

Answer: disasters

With his sister Isabelle, at his side. Rimbaud's doctors diagnosed the
disease as carcinoma, but it may have been syphilis in its tertiary stage. Arthur Rimbaud died on November 10, 1891. Ten years later in
Charleville, a monument in his memory was erected in the Square de la
Gare.

Source: Author Dantecmdy

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