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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 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.

2. Why does Maldoror say he believes God has a right to eat men?
(a) Because men are evil.
(b) Because He is all powerful.
(c) Because He is their creator.
(d) Because men taste good.

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

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

5. In Book II, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror remember the little girl asking him?
(a) About his life.
(b) If she could come with him.
(c) For help.
(d) For the time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Maldoror say he had a hard time learning to communicate as a child?

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

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

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

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