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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. How does Maldoror define the suffering God creates in Book II, Stanza 3?
(a) Natural disasters.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) Humanity itself.

2. In Book IV, Stanza 4, why does Maldoror lose the use of his limbs?
(a) From sin.
(b) From a train accident.
(c) From laying in the same spot.
(d) From a fire.

3. In Book II, Stanza 6, where does Maldoror find the boy who is thinking about heaven?
(a) On a bench.
(b) In his home.
(c) At school.
(d) At a store.

4. In Book V, Stanza 6, what reason does the narrator give for not being able to write about death?
(a) Words can never describe it.
(b) He doesn't fully understand it.
(c) People have their own views of death.
(d) It's always changing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maldoror describe his physical appearance in Book V, Stanza 5?

2. In Book V, Stanza 6, what message is given about the child?

3. In Book IV, Stanza 4, how does Maldoror react to the crab he finds living in him?

4. In Book II, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say Maldoror is for the reader?

5. In Book V, Stanza 7, what does the spider do to Maldoror every night?

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