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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 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 begins to cry.
(c) The boy runs away.
(d) The boy catches a fever.

2. Why does Maldoror save the drowning man in Book II, Stanza 14?
(a) Because he looks like his friend.
(b) Because he owes the world.
(c) Because he feels pulled to him.
(d) Because he promised to save anyone who was drowning.

3. How does Maldoror define the suffering God creates in Book II, Stanza 3?
(a) Love.
(b) Natural disasters.
(c) Humanity itself.
(d) Death.

4. What does the grave-digger promise to do if Maldoror stays at his house?
(a) Ignore anything he says in his sleep.
(b) Give him books to read.
(c) Make him breakfast.
(d) Not ask about his past.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror remember the little girl asking him?

2. How was Maldoror born?

3. Why does Maldoror suggest that the reader grow his/her fingernails out?

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

5. Why does the grave-digger first say he can't speak with Maldoror?

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