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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 toad say he hates Maldoror?
(a) Because of his pride.
(b) Because of his voice.
(c) Because he is human.
(d) Because he is evil.

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

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

4. Who does the narrator learn was witness to everything Maldoror did to the mad woman and her daughter?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A shepherd.
(c) No one.
(d) A priest.

5. What happens to the boy in Book II, Stanza 6, after Maldoror talks with him about heaven?
(a) The boy laughs at Maldoror.
(b) The boy catches a fever.
(c) The boy begins to cry.
(d) The boy runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maldoror describe the talking toad he meets in Book I, Stanza 13?

2. What does Maldoror love most about math?

3. In Book III, Stanza 1, who does the fisherman think Maldoror and Mario are?

4. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?

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

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