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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 2, how does the narrator describe God's treatment?
(a) Shameless.
(b) Kind.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Cruel.

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

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

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

5. In Book V, Stanza 7, what does the spider do to Maldoror every night?
(a) Teases him.
(b) Sucks his blood.
(c) Talks to him.
(d) Plays cards with him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Maldoror watch the child's funeral from in Book V, Stanza 6?

3. What does Maldoror say probably lies beneath the young girl's angelic exterior in Book II, Stanza 5?

4. What does the narrator rant about in Book IV, Stanza 2?

5. What happens when the street-child chases after the horse-drawn bus?

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