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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Stanzas 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book I, Stanza 2, what form does hatred take?
(a) A taste.
(b) An odor.
(c) A vision.
(d) A breeze.

2. In Book I, Stanza 4, the narrator says all men feel what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Love.
(d) Hate.

3. With what does the narrator begin this poem?
(a) A lesson.
(b) A rhyme.
(c) A warning.
(d) A question.

4. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say has the sweetest taste?
(a) The love of a woman.
(b) The tears of innocents.
(c) The blood of enemies.
(d) The freshest fruit.

5. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say is the "greatest happiness which can be conceived"?
(a) Being evil and getting away with it.
(b) Being a savior.
(c) Being hurt and then rescued.
(d) Being hated and loved.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Maldoror act in his youth?

2. What does Maldoror beg the toad for in Book I, Stanza 13?

3. How was Maldoror born?

4. Why does Maldoror recommend taking a child to the hospital in Book I, Chapter 6?

5. What emotion does the grave-digger sense in Maldoror when they talk about faith in God?

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