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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 begins to cry.
(b) He falls down.
(c) He is attacked.
(d) He jumps aboard.

2. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say is the "greatest happiness which can be conceived"?
(a) Being hated and loved.
(b) Being evil and getting away with it.
(c) Being hurt and then rescued.
(d) Being a savior.

3. In Book II, Stanza 2, how does the narrator describe God's treatment?
(a) Shameless.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Kind.

4. What does the narrator say to do at the end of Book I, Stanza 1?
(a) Close the book.
(b) Take a break.
(c) Skip every other poem.
(d) Read out loud.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Maldoror describe the talking toad he meets in Book I, Stanza 13?

4. In Book II, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror consider throwing the girl against a wall?

5. Why does Maldoror suggest that the reader grow his/her fingernails out?

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