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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. Who are the boys that climb out of the spider's pocket in Book V, Stanza 7?
(a) Boys Maldoror tried to kill.
(b) Street-boys Maldoror never helped.
(c) He isn't sure.
(d) Children Maldoror never met.

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

3. Who gives the child's funeral service in Book V, Stanza 6?
(a) A reverend.
(b) A rabbi.
(c) A minister.
(d) A priest.

4. When the two boys crawl out of the spider's pocket in Book V, Stanza 7, what are they holding?
(a) Guns.
(b) Flaming swords.
(c) Short knives.
(d) Bows and arrows.

5. What happens to the boy in Book II, Stanza 6, after Maldoror talks with him about heaven?
(a) The boy runs away.
(b) The boy catches a fever.
(c) The boy laughs at Maldoror.
(d) The boy begins to cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book IV, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror say the women look like?

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

3. How does Maldoror feel about being visited by the spider every night in Book V, Stanza 7?

4. Where does the hermaphrodite live?

5. Why does Maldoror say he is most interested in young boys?

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