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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. In Book III, Stanza 3, what animal head does the dragon Tremdall sees have?
(a) The head of a horse.
(b) The head of a bear.
(c) The head of a tiger.
(d) The head of a lion.

2. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?
(a) Maldoror.
(b) His wife.
(c) He is tired.
(d) A supernatural force.

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

4. In Book III, Stanza 2, how does the narrator discover the mad woman's secret?
(a) He picks up a piece of paper she dropped.
(b) She confesses it to him one night.
(c) He hears rumors.
(d) He listens in at her door.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the man with webbed feet say he wanted to do when he escaped the basement?

3. What does Maldoror say flying octopi are like?

4. In Book II, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror want God to reveal?

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

(see the answer key)

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