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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Stanzas 10-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the grave-digger say happens every night at the cemetery?
(a) Someone falls in a grave.
(b) The wind whispers prayers.
(c) Animals howl.
(d) The corpses rise for air.

3. In Book II, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror consider throwing the girl against a wall?
(a) Because he doesn't want someone else to do it.
(b) Because she needs to grow up.
(c) Because he is angry with her.
(d) Because she needs to know the truth.

4. How was Maldoror born?
(a) Into nature.
(b) Good.
(c) Filled with evil.
(d) Without parents.

5. Why does Maldoror say he continued to pray as a child in Book II, Stanza 12?
(a) He had nothing else to do.
(b) He wanted it to be true.
(c) His parents made him.
(d) He wanted goodness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maldoror say happened when he decided to not kill the embodiment of Prostitution?

2. What does Maldoror beg the toad for in Book I, Stanza 13?

3. What does the grave-digger promise to do if Maldoror stays at his house?

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

5. In Book II, Stanza 11, what does Maldoror do when the angel appears?

(see the answer key)

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