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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 V, Stanza 6, how do the child's family members define Maldoror?
(a) As being what their child could have been.
(b) As being a mistake.
(c) As being the opposite of their child.
(d) As being a warning from God.

2. In Book IV, Stanza 1, how does the narrator describe his success so far in the poem?
(a) He has achieved some success.
(b) He has been totally successful.
(c) He has yet to be successful.
(d) He says he cannot judge his success yet.

3. What does Maldoror say showed him the grave of a child who died from tuberculosis?
(a) A giant glow worm.
(b) A fairy.
(c) A small bear.
(d) A huge butterfly.

4. In Book II, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say Maldoror is for the reader?
(a) A creature.
(b) A warning.
(c) A friend.
(d) A censure.

5. What provides the man with webbed feet with everything he needs?
(a) God.
(b) Hope.
(c) Providence.
(d) Hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maldoror describe the talking toad he meets in Book I, Stanza 13?

2. In Book V, Stanza 6, what reason does the narrator give for not being able to write about death?

3. In Book IV, Stanza 2, why does the narrator talk about flies?

4. Why does Maldoror save the drowning man in Book II, Stanza 14?

5. Who does Maldoror leave the man in the gallows under the care of?

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