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

2. In Book II, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror remember the little girl asking him?
(a) If she could come with him.
(b) For help.
(c) About his life.
(d) For the time.

3. In Book IV, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror say the women look like?
(a) Apes.
(b) Beasts.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Dogs.

4. In Book II, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror consider throwing the girl against a wall?
(a) Because he is angry with her.
(b) Because he doesn't want someone else to do it.
(c) Because she needs to know the truth.
(d) Because she needs to grow up.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What vision begins the narrators rant in Book IV, Stanza 2?

3. How does Maldoror describe the men who are on the horse-drawn bus?

4. Who are the boys that climb out of the spider's pocket in Book V, Stanza 7?

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

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