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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the hermaphrodite granted a pension?
(a) It was his wife's.
(b) For winning a contest.
(c) For 30 years of working for the city.
(d) For being captured.

2. In Book II, Stanza 13, who does Maldoror find that he feels is just like him?
(a) A 16 year old.
(b) A shark.
(c) An old captain.
(d) A wolf.

3. What does God threaten Maldoror with in Book III, Stanza 5?
(a) His power.
(b) His wrath.
(c) His claws.
(d) His fist.

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

5. Where is Tremdall when he sees Maldoror in Book III, Stanza 3?
(a) In town.
(b) A mountain.
(c) At church.
(d) Near a river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maldoror do when the bulldog did not kill the mad woman's daughter.

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

3. What does Maldoror say he has no hope for after his death?

4. Why does Maldoror say he believes God has a right to eat men?

5. Why did the bulldog Maldoror sent to kill the mad woman's daughter not kill the girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say in Book I, Stanza 14?

2. What does the grave digger tell Maldoror about mortality?

3. When Mario and Maldoror travel together in Book III, what do they talk about?

4. In Book II, Stanza 15, what does Maldoror do when he finds himself at odds with conscience?

5. In Book 1, Stanza 8, why does Maldoror say he is like dogs?

6. What happens when the grave-digger asks Maldoror about his life?

7. What happens to God when He passes out drunk on earth?

8. In Book II, what happens to the narrator when he tries to write?

9. Why does Maldoror praise mathematics in Book II, Stanza 10?

10. At the end of Book II, what does the narrator say his poem might cause?

(see the answer keys)

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