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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. How does Maldoror describe the men who are on the horse-drawn bus?
(a) As being like a corpse.
(b) As being captured.
(c) As being regal.
(d) As being lonely.

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

3. Why does the grave-digger first say he can't speak with Maldoror?
(a) Because Maldoror is evil.
(b) Because he doesn't speak with other people.
(c) Because he has serious work.
(d) Because he is off duty.

4. In what does Maldoror tell the grave-digger to trust?
(a) Evil.
(b) Death.
(c) God.
(d) Peace.

5. Where does the hermaphrodite live?
(a) In a tall apartment building.
(b) In a flowery grove.
(c) In a cottage.
(d) In a cave.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What emotion does the grave-digger sense in Maldoror when they talk about faith in God?

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

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