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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 IV, Stanza 1, how does the narrator describe his success so far in the poem?
(a) He has been totally successful.
(b) He says he cannot judge his success yet.
(c) He has achieved some success.
(d) He has yet to be successful.

2. In Book IV, Stanza 3, what does the man in the gallows wife want from his mother?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) A reward.
(c) To be left alone.
(d) Her freedom.

3. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say a reader must have while reading these poems?
(a) A friend.
(b) An attentive brain.
(c) An open mind.
(d) A tolerant soul.

4. In Book II, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror remember the little girl asking him?
(a) For the time.
(b) For help.
(c) About his life.
(d) If she could come with him.

5. When Maldoror sees the ship capsize, what does he vow to do to the people who survive?
(a) Follow them.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Turn them evil.
(d) Laugh at them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of death does the narrator discuss in Book V, Stanza 3?

3. Who does Maldoror leave the man in the gallows under the care of?

4. What does Maldoror say he promised Holzer?

5. In Book II, Stanza 12, what does Maldoror say he realized about praying as a child?

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