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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Stanzas 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?
(a) A supernatural force.
(b) His wife.
(c) Maldoror.
(d) He is tired.

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

3. What does Maldoror beg God for in Book I, Stanza 5?
(a) To show him one good man.
(b) To send him a true love.
(c) To save his soul.
(d) To free him from evil.

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 show the importance of birth parents.
(c) To help the evil repent.
(d) To help people define evil.

5. What does Maldoror say he has no hope for after his death?
(a) Truth.
(b) Peace.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Salvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book I, Stanza 2, what form does hatred take?

2. In Book II, Stanza 2, how does the narrator describe God's treatment?

3. Where does Maldoror speak with the grave-digger in Book I, Stanza 12?

4. What does Maldoror say probably lies beneath the young girl's angelic exterior in Book II, Stanza 5?

5. How does Maldoror define the suffering God creates in Book II, Stanza 3?

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