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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Stanzas 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Book I, Stanza 4, what does the narrator say about the purpose of this poem?
(a) To help people define evil.
(b) To help the evil repent.
(c) To show the delights of cruelty.
(d) To show the importance of birth parents.

3. What happens when the street-child chases after the horse-drawn bus?
(a) He is attacked.
(b) He begins to cry.
(c) He falls down.
(d) He jumps aboard.

4. In Book I, Stanza 11, when does Maldoror return to speak to the child?
(a) When the child goes outside.
(b) When the family is praying.
(c) After the family goes to sleep.
(d) During breakfast.

5. How does Maldoror describe the talking toad he meets in Book I, Stanza 13?
(a) Superior.
(b) Inferior.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Evil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say the reader must read these poems with?

3. What happens to the boy in Book II, Stanza 6, after Maldoror talks with him about heaven?

4. How does Maldoror define the suffering God creates in Book II, Stanza 3?

5. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say has the sweetest taste?

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