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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book V, Stanzas 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maldoror say nature will wonder at his existence when he dies?
(a) Because he will be so old.
(b) Because he always respects nature.
(c) Because he will change death.
(d) Because he violates its laws.

2. In Book IV, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror say he once scalped a man?
(a) As a message to God.
(b) As a joke.
(c) For fun.
(d) For revenge.

3. In Book II, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say Maldoror is for the reader?
(a) A warning.
(b) A friend.
(c) A censure.
(d) A creature.

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

5. In Book V, Stanza 4, what is the spirit's identity?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Rationality.
(d) Providence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What vision begins the narrators rant in Book IV, Stanza 2?

3. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what has taken over most of Maldoror's body?

4. In Book IV, Staza 6, how does Maldoror feel about the sleep he recounts?

5. What does the narrator say to do at the end of Book I, Stanza 1?

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