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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. In Book II, Stanza 11, why does Maldoror throw a rock at a lamp?
(a) Because it looks like God.
(b) Because it doesn't answer him.
(c) Because someone asks him to.
(d) Because it is in his way.

2. What happens when the street-child chases after the horse-drawn bus?
(a) He begins to cry.
(b) He jumps aboard.
(c) He falls down.
(d) He is attacked.

3. In Book IV, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror say the women look like?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Apes.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Beasts.

4. In Book IV, Stanza 2, why does Maldoror want to live among humans?
(a) Because he loves people.
(b) To observe them.
(c) Because he is tied to society.
(d) To torture them.

5. In Book III, Stanza 5, what greets Maldoror at the door of the brothel?
(a) A giant hair.
(b) A cloud of smoke.
(c) A pile of clothing.
(d) A large rock.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what has taken over most of Maldoror's body?

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

4. In Book I, Stanza 4, the narrator says all men feel what?

5. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?

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