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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. How did Maldoror act in his youth?
(a) Confused.
(b) Good.
(c) Bad.
(d) Calm.

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

3. Why does Maldoror strangle the child in Book I, Stanza 11?
(a) Because the mother asks him to.
(b) Because Maldoror is bored.
(c) Because the boy won't accept sin.
(d) Because the boy threatens to tell on Maldoror.

4. Why does Maldoror recommend taking a child to the hospital in Book I, Chapter 6?
(a) Because it's easier than doing it yourself.
(b) In order to do the right thing.
(c) So professionals can deal with them.
(d) So society will applaud.

5. In Book I, Stanza 4, the narrator says all men feel what?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Hate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the grave-digger promise to do if Maldoror stays at his house?

3. Why does the toad say he hates Maldoror?

4. In what does Maldoror tell the grave-digger to trust?

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

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