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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Stanzas 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say is the "greatest happiness which can be conceived"?
(a) Being hurt and then rescued.
(b) Being evil and getting away with it.
(c) Being hated and loved.
(d) Being a savior.

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

4. In Book I, Stanza 4, what does the narrator say about the purpose of this poem?
(a) To show the delights of cruelty.
(b) To help the evil repent.
(c) To show the importance of birth parents.
(d) To help people define evil.

5. What does the grave-digger say happens every night at the cemetery?
(a) The wind whispers prayers.
(b) Someone falls in a grave.
(c) Animals howl.
(d) The corpses rise for air.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maldoror beg the toad for in Book I, Stanza 13?

2. In Book I, Stanza 11, when does Maldoror return to speak to the child?

3. How was Maldoror born?

4. After Maldoror watches the family eating dinner, what does the family feel?

5. What does Maldoror beg God for in Book I, Stanza 5?

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