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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 has no hope for after his death?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Peace.
(c) Truth.
(d) Salvation.

2. What does Maldoror love most about math?
(a) How orderly it is.
(b) How boring it is.
(c) How advanced it is.
(d) How difficult it is.

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

4. Why does Maldoror suggest that the reader grow his/her fingernails out?
(a) To scratch a child.
(b) To see how long it takes.
(c) To tap on things.
(d) To scare people.

5. In Book II, Stanza 12, what does Maldoror say he realized about praying as a child?
(a) He was only following orders.
(b) He couldn't remember them.
(c) It was just a way to stay calm.
(d) It could be of no use.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Book II, Stanza 2, how does the narrator describe God's treatment?

3. In Book II, Stanza 11, why does Maldoror throw a rock at a lamp?

4. What does the family in Book I, Stanza 11 hear after Maldoror watches them eat?

5. Why does Maldoror save the drowning man in Book II, Stanza 14?

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