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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 did Maldoror act in his youth?
(a) Bad.
(b) Good.
(c) Confused.
(d) Calm.

2. In Book II, Stanza 9, why does Maldoror say some men keep insects as pets?
(a) Because they are cheap.
(b) To avoid old age.
(c) To feed other animals.
(d) To eat them.

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

4. In Book II, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror want God to reveal?
(a) Human kindness.
(b) The mysteries of existence.
(c) Himself.
(d) A new savior.

5. In Book II, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror remember the little girl asking him?
(a) If she could come with him.
(b) For help.
(c) About his life.
(d) For the time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Maldoror describe the talking toad he meets in Book I, Stanza 13?

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

4. In Book I, Stanza 7, what form does Prostitution take?

5. What does Maldoror say showed him the grave of a child who died from tuberculosis?

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