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

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

3. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?
(a) A supernatural force.
(b) Maldoror.
(c) His wife.
(d) He is tired.

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

5. Where does the hermaphrodite live?
(a) In a tall apartment building.
(b) In a flowery grove.
(c) In a cottage.
(d) In a cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maldoror say happens to people who keep insects as pets?

2. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror say did not kill him?

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

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

5. What happens to the boy in Book II, Stanza 6, after Maldoror talks with him about heaven?

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