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

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

3. How does Maldoror describe the men who are on the horse-drawn bus?
(a) As being regal.
(b) As being like a corpse.
(c) As being lonely.
(d) As being captured.

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

5. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror find in his armpit?
(a) A rock.
(b) A bird's nest.
(c) A toad.
(d) An ant colony.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was the hermaphrodite granted a pension?

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

4. In Book II, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror want God to reveal?

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

(see the answer key)

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