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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Stanzas 10-16.

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 saved his soul.
(c) He found trust.
(d) He rejected all virtue.

2. How does Maldoror describe the men who are on the horse-drawn bus?
(a) As being like a corpse.
(b) As being regal.
(c) As being captured.
(d) As being lonely.

3. Why does Maldoror recommend taking a child to the hospital in Book I, Chapter 6?
(a) So professionals can deal with them.
(b) Because it's easier than doing it yourself.
(c) In order to do the right thing.
(d) So society will applaud.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the hermaphrodite live?

2. What does the narrator say the reader must read these poems with?

3. In Book I, Stanza 11, when does Maldoror return to speak to the child?

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

5. Why does Maldoror strangle the child in Book I, Stanza 11?

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