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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. What does the narrator rant about in Book IV, Stanza 2?
(a) The choices God made.
(b) The pain in humanity.
(c) The complexity of the world.
(d) The love in animals.

2. Who tells the reader that Maldoror is a pedarist?
(a) A homeless man.
(b) God.
(c) Maldoror himself.
(d) The narrator.

3. In Book II, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say Maldoror is for the reader?
(a) A censure.
(b) A friend.
(c) A warning.
(d) A creature.

4. In Book V, Stanza 6, how do the child's family members define Maldoror?
(a) As being a warning from God.
(b) As being what their child could have been.
(c) As being a mistake.
(d) As being the opposite of their child.

5. What do the two women do to the man hanging from the gallows?
(a) Yell and insult him.
(b) Beat and whip him.
(c) Tar and feather him.
(d) Tar and whip him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 2, how does the narrator describe God's treatment?

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

3. In Book II, Stanza 9, why does Maldoror say some men keep insects as pets?

4. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what has taken over most of Maldoror's body?

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

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