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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Maldoror do to the mad woman's daughter before sending a bulldog to kill the girl?
(a) He tied her up.
(b) He strangled her.
(c) He raped her.
(d) He stabbed her.

2. Why does Maldoror say he believes God has a right to eat men?
(a) Because men taste good.
(b) Because men are evil.
(c) Because He is all powerful.
(d) Because He is their creator.

3. In Book I, Stanza 4, the narrator says all men feel what?
(a) Love.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Hate.
(d) Fear.

4. What does the toad say Maldoror should do if he is so smart?
(a) Leave earth.
(b) Write a book.
(c) Travel to Europe.
(d) Teach.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 13, who does Maldoror find that he feels is just like him?

2. What does Maldoror say probably lies beneath the young girl's angelic exterior in Book II, Stanza 5?

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

4. Why does Maldoror say he continued to pray as a child in Book II, Stanza 12?

5. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?

(see the answer key)

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