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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. Why does Maldoror suggest that the reader grow his/her fingernails out?
(a) To scratch a child.
(b) To see how long it takes.
(c) To scare people.
(d) To tap on things.

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

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

4. What does Maldoror say probably lies beneath the young girl's angelic exterior in Book II, Stanza 5?
(a) Evil.
(b) Craftiness.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Pain.

5. In Book I, Stanza 7, what form does Prostitution take?
(a) That of a woman.
(b) That of an insect.
(c) That of a man.
(d) That of an animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the hermaphrodite granted a pension?

2. What does the family in Book I, Stanza 11 hear after Maldoror watches them eat?

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

4. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say is the "greatest happiness which can be conceived"?

5. Why does Maldoror say nature will wonder at his existence when he dies?

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