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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 does the grave-digger promise to do if Maldoror stays at his house?
(a) Give him books to read.
(b) Make him breakfast.
(c) Not ask about his past.
(d) Ignore anything he says in his sleep.

2. In Book I, Stanza 11, when does Maldoror return to speak to the child?
(a) When the child goes outside.
(b) After the family goes to sleep.
(c) During breakfast.
(d) When the family is praying.

3. With what does the narrator begin this poem?
(a) A rhyme.
(b) A warning.
(c) A lesson.
(d) A question.

4. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say has the sweetest taste?
(a) The tears of innocents.
(b) The freshest fruit.
(c) The blood of enemies.
(d) The love of a woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Book II, Stanza 9, why does Maldoror say some men keep insects as pets?

3. How was Maldoror born?

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

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

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