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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 is Tremdall when he sees Maldoror in Book III, Stanza 3?
(a) At church.
(b) In town.
(c) Near a river.
(d) A mountain.

2. What did Maldoror do to the mad woman's daughter before sending a bulldog to kill the girl?
(a) He stabbed her.
(b) He raped her.
(c) He tied her up.
(d) He strangled her.

3. What does Maldoror say happened when he decided to not kill the embodiment of Prostitution?
(a) He found trust.
(b) He rejected all virtue.
(c) He lost his family.
(d) He saved his soul.

4. What do the two women do to the man hanging from the gallows?
(a) Beat and whip him.
(b) Tar and whip him.
(c) Tar and feather him.
(d) Yell and insult him.

5. In Book V, Stanza 6, what reason does the narrator give for not being able to write about death?
(a) People have their own views of death.
(b) It's always changing.
(c) Words can never describe it.
(d) He doesn't fully understand it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book IV, Stanza 4, why does Maldoror say he continues to hate God?

2. How was Maldoror born?

3. Why is the beetle in Book V, Stanza 2 upset about someone forgetting a woman?

4. What does Mervyn do when he reaches home in Book IV, Stanza 3?

5. In Book I, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror say differs among men?

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