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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. In Book II, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror want God to reveal?
(a) The mysteries of existence.
(b) A new savior.
(c) Human kindness.
(d) Himself.

2. In Book I, Stanza 4, what does the narrator say about the purpose of this poem?
(a) To help the evil repent.
(b) To show the delights of cruelty.
(c) To show the importance of birth parents.
(d) To help people define evil.

3. In Book I, Stanza 7, what form does Prostitution take?
(a) That of a man.
(b) That of an animal.
(c) That of a woman.
(d) That of an insect.

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

5. After Maldoror watches the family eating dinner, what does the family feel?
(a) A shadow pass over them.
(b) A breeze, even though the window is shut.
(c) A wave of heat.
(d) A chill spread through the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 12, what does Maldoror say he realized about praying as a child?

2. What happens when the street-child chases after the horse-drawn bus?

3. What does the toad say Maldoror should do if he is so smart?

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

5. Why does Maldoror symbolically to heaven in the form of an octopus?

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