Lautréamont's Maldoror: Translated by Alexis Lykiard | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Book I, Stanzas 1-9

1. With what does the narrator begin this poem?

A warning.

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

Logic.

3. What does the narrator say to do at the end of Book I, Stanza 1?

Close the book.

4. In Book I, Stanza 2, what form does hatred take?

An odor.

5. How did Maldoror act in his youth?

Good.

6. How was Maldoror born?

Filled with evil.

7. In Book I, Stanza 4, what does the narrator say about the purpose of this poem?

To show the delights of cruelty.

8. In Book I, Stanza 4, the narrator says all men feel what?

Pleasure.

9. In Book I, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror say differs among men?

Motivations.

10. What does Maldoror beg God for in Book I, Stanza 5?

To show him one good man.

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