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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 12, what example of God's malice does Maldoror examine?
(a) Epidemics.
(b) Crime.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Floods.

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

3. What does the narrator say the reader must read these poems with?
(a) Logic.
(b) An open mind.
(c) A friend.
(d) A sense of fear.

4. In Book I, Stanza 8, to what animal does Maldoror liken himself?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Horses.
(c) Cats.
(d) Bears.

5. In Book II, Stanza 13, who does Maldoror find that he feels is just like him?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A shark.
(c) A 16 year old.
(d) An old captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator decide to stop writing Book II?

2. What does Maldoror say showed him the grave of a child who died from tuberculosis?

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

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

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

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