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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Book I, Stanza 7, what form does Prostitution take?
(a) That of a woman.
(b) That of an insect.
(c) That of an animal.
(d) That of a man.

3. What does Maldoror love most about math?
(a) How boring it is.
(b) How difficult it is.
(c) How orderly it is.
(d) How advanced it is.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the grave-digger promise to do if Maldoror stays at his house?

2. Why does Maldoror say nature will wonder at his existence when he dies?

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

4. In Book I, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror say differs among men?

5. What does God threaten Maldoror with in Book III, Stanza 5?

(see the answer key)

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