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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 the family in Book I, Stanza 11 hear after Maldoror watches them eat?
(a) Music.
(b) Banging sounds.
(c) Cries.
(d) Whispers.

2. What does the narrator say the reader must read these poems with?
(a) A friend.
(b) An open mind.
(c) A sense of fear.
(d) Logic.

3. What does Maldoror beg the toad for in Book I, Stanza 13?
(a) For insight into the future.
(b) To be left alone.
(c) For fame.
(d) To leave with him.

4. Why does the grave-digger first say he can't speak with Maldoror?
(a) Because he is off duty.
(b) Because Maldoror is evil.
(c) Because he has serious work.
(d) Because he doesn't speak with other people.

5. After Maldoror watches the family eating dinner, what does the family feel?
(a) A wave of heat.
(b) A shadow pass over them.
(c) A chill spread through the room.
(d) A breeze, even though the window is shut.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maldoror recommend taking a child to the hospital in Book I, Chapter 6?

2. In Book I, Stanza 10, who does Maldoror think will not surround him at the time of his death?

3. What does Maldoror say happened when he decided to not kill the embodiment of Prostitution?

4. Why does Maldoror suggest that the reader grow his/her fingernails out?

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

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