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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. What happens when the street-child chases after the horse-drawn bus?
(a) He falls down.
(b) He jumps aboard.
(c) He is attacked.
(d) He begins to cry.

2. Why does Maldoror believe the man stole his eyes from a woman?
(a) To avoid becoming a man.
(b) To appear beautiful.
(c) To get his vision back.
(d) To be nicer to women.

3. Why does the narrator decide to stop writing Book II?
(a) He is afraid of Maldoror.
(b) He is traveling abroad.
(c) The story is over.
(d) He wants a break.

4. In Book IV, Stanza 5, who does Maldoror believe the man stole his eyes from?
(a) An elderly woman.
(b) A troubled woman.
(c) A blonde woman.
(d) A black-haired woman.

5. How does Maldoror describe the talking toad he meets in Book I, Stanza 13?
(a) Evil.
(b) Superior.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Inferior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man with webbed feet say he was trapped in a basement?

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

3. What pleased Maldoror in his dream in Book IV, Stanza 6?

4. In what does Maldoror tell the grave-digger to trust?

5. In Book II, Stanza 13, how does Maldoror know the man he meets is good?

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