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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Maldoror describe the men who are on the horse-drawn bus?
(a) As being lonely.
(b) As being like a corpse.
(c) As being regal.
(d) As being captured.

4. To what does the grave-digger say his occupation is tied?
(a) Analysis of pain.
(b) Nothing, it's meaningless work.
(c) Sadness and fear.
(d) Questions of mortality.

5. What does Maldoror say flying octopi are like?
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) Conscience.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maldoror symbolically to heaven in the form of an octopus?

2. In Book II, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror remember the little girl asking him?

3. What does Maldoror say happens to people who keep insects as pets?

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

5. In Book II, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror consider throwing the girl against a wall?

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