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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. In Book I, Stanza 11, when does Maldoror return to speak to the child?
(a) When the child goes outside.
(b) During breakfast.
(c) After the family goes to sleep.
(d) When the family is praying.

2. Why does the man with webbed feet say he was trapped in a basement?
(a) Because of his webbed feet.
(b) Because he was hiding from someone.
(c) Because of his brother.
(d) Because he commited a crime.

3. In Book I, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror say differs among men?
(a) Evil.
(b) Motivations.
(c) Feelings of love.
(d) Families.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror want God to reveal?

2. In Book IV, Stanza 5, how long was the man with the stolen eyes in prison?

3. Why does Maldoror say he has tried to erase the memory of his dream from Book IV, Stanza 6?

4. What pleased Maldoror in his dream in Book IV, Stanza 6?

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

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