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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 Maldoror say he had a hard time learning to communicate as a child?
(a) He was shy.
(b) His parents rarely talked.
(c) He was born deaf.
(d) His tongue was too large.

2. In Book III, Stanza 1, what spirit does Mario have?
(a) The spirit of fire.
(b) The spirit of the earth.
(c) The spirit of water.
(d) The spirit of the sky.

3. What did Maldoror do to the mad woman's daughter before sending a bulldog to kill the girl?
(a) He tied her up.
(b) He raped her.
(c) He strangled her.
(d) He stabbed her.

4. What does Maldoror beg the toad for in Book I, Stanza 13?
(a) For insight into the future.
(b) To be left alone.
(c) For fame.
(d) To leave with him.

5. What does Maldoror say he promised Holzer?
(a) To never commit suicide.
(b) To never commit murder.
(c) To never covet a woman.
(d) To never steal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the hermaphrodite live?

2. What does Maldoror say probably lies beneath the young girl's angelic exterior in Book II, Stanza 5?

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

4. Why does Maldoror believe the man stole his eyes from a woman?

5. What happens to the victims of the capsized ship in Book II, Stanza 13?

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