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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. In Book II, Stanza 11, why does Maldoror throw a rock at a lamp?
(a) Because it looks like God.
(b) Because someone asks him to.
(c) Because it is in his way.
(d) Because it doesn't answer him.

2. What does the narrator say the reader must read these poems with?
(a) Logic.
(b) An open mind.
(c) A friend.
(d) A sense of fear.

3. When Maldoror sees the ship capsize, what does he vow to do to the people who survive?
(a) Turn them evil.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Laugh at them.
(d) Follow them.

4. After Maldoror watches the family eating dinner, what does the family feel?
(a) A wave of heat.
(b) A breeze, even though the window is shut.
(c) A chill spread through the room.
(d) A shadow pass over them.

5. How was Maldoror born?
(a) Without parents.
(b) Into nature.
(c) Good.
(d) Filled with evil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Maldoror say he had a hard time learning to communicate as a child?

3. In Book II, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say Maldoror is for the reader?

4. In Book II, Stanza 2, how does the narrator describe God's treatment?

5. In Book I, Stanza 8, to what animal does Maldoror liken himself?

(see the answer key)

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