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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book V, Stanzas 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Maldoror say probably lies beneath the young girl's angelic exterior in Book II, Stanza 5?
(a) Evil.
(b) Pain.
(c) Craftiness.
(d) Loneliness.

3. 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 born deaf.
(d) He was shy.

4. In Book V, Stanza 4, what is the spirit's identity?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Rationality.
(c) Providence.
(d) Conscience.

5. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say lies in these poems?
(a) Truth.
(b) Love.
(c) Pain.
(d) Hate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the toad say Maldoror should do if he is so smart?

2. In Book IV, Stanza 6, what animal does Maldoror say he turned into in his dream?

3. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror find in his armpit?

4. In Book I, Stanza 10, who does Maldoror think will not surround him at the time of his death?

5. Why does the man with webbed feet say he was trapped in a basement?

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