Lautréamont's Maldoror: Translated by Alexis Lykiard Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Lautréamont's Maldoror: Translated by Alexis Lykiard Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the toad say Maldoror should do if he is so smart?
(a) Write a book.
(b) Leave earth.
(c) Teach.
(d) Travel to Europe.

2. Why does Maldoror suggest that the reader grow his/her fingernails out?
(a) To scare people.
(b) To tap on things.
(c) To see how long it takes.
(d) To scratch a child.

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

4. What emotion does the grave-digger sense in Maldoror when they talk about faith in God?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Fear.

5. Who does the narrator learn was witness to everything Maldoror did to the mad woman and her daughter?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A shepherd.
(c) No one.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the grave-digger promise to do if Maldoror stays at his house?

2. What does the family in Book I, Stanza 11 hear after Maldoror watches them eat?

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

4. Why does Maldoror strangle the child in Book I, Stanza 11?

5. Why does Maldoror say he had a hard time learning to communicate as a child?

(see the answer key)

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