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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. What happens to the boy in Book II, Stanza 6, after Maldoror talks with him about heaven?
(a) The boy begins to cry.
(b) The boy catches a fever.
(c) The boy laughs at Maldoror.
(d) The boy runs away.

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

3. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror find in his armpit?
(a) A rock.
(b) A bird's nest.
(c) A toad.
(d) An ant colony.

4. What does the grave-digger promise to do if Maldoror stays at his house?
(a) Ignore anything he says in his sleep.
(b) Give him books to read.
(c) Make him breakfast.
(d) Not ask about his past.

5. In Book I, Stanza 10, who does Maldoror think will not surround him at the time of his death?
(a) Family.
(b) Priests.
(c) Animals.
(d) Friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maldoror describe the men who are on the horse-drawn bus?

2. Why is the beetle in Book V, Stanza 2 upset about someone forgetting a woman?

3. What does Maldoror say mathematics has done for him?

4. In Book III, Stanza 1, what spirit does Mario have?

5. Why does Maldoror recommend taking a child to the hospital in Book I, Chapter 6?

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