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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VI, Stanzas 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Book V, Stanza 2, what are the balls the beetle is rolling made of?
(a) Paper.
(b) Mud.
(c) Rock.
(d) Dung.

3. When the narrator thinks about martyrs in Book V, Stanza 3, what does he want to do?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Shout.
(d) Cry.

4. How does Maldoror feel about being visited by the spider every night in Book V, Stanza 7?
(a) He enjoys it.
(b) Like he has done something terrible.
(c) Like there is nothing he can do about it.
(d) He doesn't care about the spider.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book VI, Stanza 2, why does Maldoror want to leave humanity?

2. In Book III, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror turn into to fight the dragon?

3. In Book II, Stanza 13, who does Maldoror find that he feels is just like him?

4. In Book IV, Stanza 7, why does the man have webbed hands and feet?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 6, what animal does Maldoror say he turned into in his dream?

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