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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 happens when the street-child chases after the horse-drawn bus?
(a) He is attacked.
(b) He jumps aboard.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He falls down.

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

3. How does Maldoror describe the talking toad he meets in Book I, Stanza 13?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Inferior.
(c) Superior.
(d) Evil.

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

5. In Book II, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror consider throwing the girl against a wall?
(a) Because she needs to know the truth.
(b) Because he doesn't want someone else to do it.
(c) Because she needs to grow up.
(d) Because he is angry with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the hermaphrodite granted a pension?

2. What does Maldoror say he has no hope for after his death?

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

4. In Book II, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror want God to reveal?

5. Why does the toad say he hates Maldoror?

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