Think you’ve got your head wrapped around A Season in Hell? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Which theme is most prominent in the line, "I could see myself before an angry crowd, facing the firing-squad" (44)?
Isolation
Religion
Persecution
Society and Class
Q. Which theme is most prominent in the line, "For there are pugnacious and joyous folk: a false elect since we need neither audacity nor humility to approach them. They are the sole elect. They never bless others!" (248)?
Isolation
Religion
Politics
Science
Q. Which theme is most prominent in the line, "Wealth has always been so public" (52)?
Ostentation
Isolation
Society and Class
Religion
Q. Which theme is most prominent in the line, "They've altered everything. For the body and the soul – the Eucharist – we've medicine and philosophy – old wives' remedies and arrangements of popular songs" (24)?
Religion
Isolation
Misogyny
Science
Q. Which theme is most prominent in the line, "you'll see, I'll scream in the streets. I want to be mad with rage. Never show me gems, I'd crawl on the carpet and writhe" (98)?
Foreignness and the 'Other'
Religion
Science
Madness