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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 6, what does Maldoror say has the sweetest taste?
(a) The blood of enemies.
(b) The freshest fruit.
(c) The love of a woman.
(d) The tears of innocents.

2. In Book IV, Stanza 7, why does the man have webbed hands and feet?
(a) He was born that way.
(b) He was part of an experiment.
(c) So he can live at sea.
(d) Because he sinned.

3. In Book II, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror want God to reveal?
(a) Himself.
(b) The mysteries of existence.
(c) A new savior.
(d) Human kindness.

4. In Book II, Stanza 12, what example of God's malice does Maldoror examine?
(a) Crime.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) Floods.
(d) Epidemics.

5. In Book IV, Stanza 6, what animal does Maldoror say he turned into in his dream?
(a) A lion.
(b) A snake.
(c) A toad.
(d) A hog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two women do to the man hanging from the gallows?

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

3. In Book III, Stanza 5, who attacks the prostitute?

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

5. Why does the man with webbed feet say he was trapped in a basement?

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