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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Stanzas 10-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maldoror describe the men who are on the horse-drawn bus?
(a) As being regal.
(b) As being lonely.
(c) As being captured.
(d) As being like a corpse.

2. How was Maldoror born?
(a) Without parents.
(b) Good.
(c) Filled with evil.
(d) Into nature.

3. Where does the hermaphrodite live?
(a) In a tall apartment building.
(b) In a cottage.
(c) In a flowery grove.
(d) In a cave.

4. In Book II, Stanza 2, how does the narrator describe God's treatment?
(a) Complicated.
(b) Cruel.
(c) Kind.
(d) Shameless.

5. What does Maldoror love most about math?
(a) How boring it is.
(b) How advanced it is.
(c) How orderly it is.
(d) How difficult it is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maldoror say he continued to pray as a child in Book II, Stanza 12?

2. When Maldoror sees the ship capsize, what does he vow to do to the people who survive?

3. In Book II, Stanza 6, where does Maldoror find the boy who is thinking about heaven?

4. In Book II, Stanza 13, who does Maldoror find that he feels is just like him?

5. In Book II, Stanza 9, why does Maldoror say some men keep insects as pets?

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