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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV, Stanzas 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what does Maldoror tell the grave-digger to trust?
(a) Death.
(b) God.
(c) Evil.
(d) Peace.

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

4. What does God threaten Maldoror with in Book III, Stanza 5?
(a) His claws.
(b) His fist.
(c) His power.
(d) His wrath.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator learn was witness to everything Maldoror did to the mad woman and her daughter?

2. Why does Maldoror save the drowning man in Book II, Stanza 14?

3. Why does the narrator decide to stop writing Book II?

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

5. Why does the man with webbed feet swim toward Maldoror?

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