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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 IV, Stanza 4, why does Maldoror lose the use of his limbs?
(a) From a fire.
(b) From sin.
(c) From a train accident.
(d) From laying in the same spot.

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

3. What does Maldoror say happens to people who keep insects as pets?
(a) It wastes their money.
(b) It holds them back.
(c) It smells bad.
(d) It sends the wrong message to women.

4. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what has taken over most of Maldoror's body?
(a) A rash.
(b) Pain.
(c) Chicken Pox.
(d) Fungus.

5. In Book V, Stanza 6, what reason does the narrator give for not being able to write about death?
(a) People have their own views of death.
(b) He doesn't fully understand it.
(c) Words can never describe it.
(d) It's always changing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say Maldoror is for the reader?

2. In Book V, Stanza 7, what does the spider do to Maldoror every night?

3. In Book II, Stanza 6, where does Maldoror find the boy who is thinking about heaven?

4. In Book V, Stanza 6, what message is given about the child?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 3, how is the man hanging from the gallows?

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