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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. Why does the grave-digger first say he can't speak with Maldoror?
(a) Because Maldoror is evil.
(b) Because he has serious work.
(c) Because he is off duty.
(d) Because he doesn't speak with other people.

2. Why does Maldoror say he threw Falmer against a tree?
(a) Because Falmer stopped him from killing.
(b) Because Falmer threatened him.
(c) Because Falmer gave him a Bible.
(d) Because Falmer was the preacher's son.

3. What does Mario say when Maldoror asks about his sadness in Book III, Stanza 1?
(a) He says he is uncertain.
(b) He says he is tormented.
(c) He says he is fine.
(d) He says he is weary.

4. Why does Maldoror save the drowning man in Book II, Stanza 14?
(a) Because he looks like his friend.
(b) Because he feels pulled to him.
(c) Because he owes the world.
(d) Because he promised to save anyone who was drowning.

5. In Book I, Stanza 11, when does Maldoror return to speak to the child?
(a) During breakfast.
(b) After the family goes to sleep.
(c) When the family is praying.
(d) When the child goes outside.

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 say he believes God has a right to eat men?

3. Where does Maldoror speak with the grave-digger in Book I, Stanza 12?

4. Where does the narrator say people have reported seeing a winged lamp flying?

5. Why was the hermaphrodite granted a pension?

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