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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 beg the toad for in Book I, Stanza 13?
(a) For fame.
(b) To be left alone.
(c) For insight into the future.
(d) To leave with him.

2. In Book II, Stanza 13, how does Maldoror know the man he meets is good?
(a) The sun always shines on him.
(b) Birds sing around him.
(c) Flowers sprout up around him.
(d) People smile when they see him.

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

4. Why does Maldoror symbolically to heaven in the form of an octopus?
(a) To confront God.
(b) To prove something to mankind.
(c) To show how superior the ocean is.
(d) To frighten the angels.

5. What does the family in Book I, Stanza 11 hear after Maldoror watches them eat?
(a) Banging sounds.
(b) Music.
(c) Cries.
(d) Whispers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does the narrator decide to stop writing Book II?

4. In Book I, Stanza 4, the narrator says all men feel what?

5. What does the toad say Maldoror should do if he is so smart?

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