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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 Maldoror say happened when he decided to not kill the embodiment of Prostitution?
(a) He lost his family.
(b) He rejected all virtue.
(c) He saved his soul.
(d) He found trust.

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

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

4. In Book II, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror want God to reveal?
(a) A new savior.
(b) Himself.
(c) The mysteries of existence.
(d) Human kindness.

5. How does Maldoror define the suffering God creates in Book II, Stanza 3?
(a) Death.
(b) Natural disasters.
(c) Humanity itself.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does the narrator begin this poem?

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

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

4. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?

5. In what does Maldoror tell the grave-digger to trust?

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