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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 5, why does Maldoror consider throwing the girl against a wall?
(a) Because she needs to grow up.
(b) Because she needs to know the truth.
(c) Because he is angry with her.
(d) Because he doesn't want someone else to do it.

2. What does Maldoror say happened when he decided to not kill the embodiment of Prostitution?
(a) He saved his soul.
(b) He found trust.
(c) He rejected all virtue.
(d) He lost his family.

3. In Book II, Stanza 6, where does Maldoror find the boy who is thinking about heaven?
(a) In his home.
(b) At a store.
(c) On a bench.
(d) At school.

4. What emotion does the grave-digger sense in Maldoror when they talk about faith in God?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sadness.

5. With what does the narrator begin this poem?
(a) A lesson.
(b) A rhyme.
(c) A question.
(d) A warning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Book I, Stanza 2, what form does hatred take?

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

4. What happens to the boy in Book II, Stanza 6, after Maldoror talks with him about heaven?

5. When God passes out on earth, who gives him a coin when he wakes up?

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