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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VI, Stanzas 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maldoror strangle the child in Book I, Stanza 11?
(a) Because Maldoror is bored.
(b) Because the boy threatens to tell on Maldoror.
(c) Because the boy won't accept sin.
(d) Because the mother asks him to.

2. Why does Maldoror say he had a hard time learning to communicate as a child?
(a) His parents rarely talked.
(b) His tongue was too large.
(c) He was shy.
(d) He was born deaf.

3. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say a reader must have while reading these poems?
(a) An open mind.
(b) An attentive brain.
(c) A tolerant soul.
(d) A friend.

4. Why does Maldoror say he continued to pray as a child in Book II, Stanza 12?
(a) He wanted goodness.
(b) His parents made him.
(c) He wanted it to be true.
(d) He had nothing else to do.

5. In Book III, Stanza 3, what animal head does the dragon Tremdall sees have?
(a) The head of a lion.
(b) The head of a horse.
(c) The head of a bear.
(d) The head of a tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the hermaphrodite live?

2. In Book IV, Stanza 5, how did the man with the stolen eyes leave prison?

3. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror say did not kill him?

4. In Book V, Stanza 6, how do the child's family members define Maldoror?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 2, why does Maldoror want to live among humans?

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