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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book V, Stanzas 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Book V, Stanza 6, what reason does the narrator give for not being able to write about death?
(a) He doesn't fully understand it.
(b) Words can never describe it.
(c) People have their own views of death.
(d) It's always changing.

4. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?
(a) His wife.
(b) A supernatural force.
(c) He is tired.
(d) Maldoror.

5. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror say did not kill him?
(a) Old age.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Evil.
(d) Being stabbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maldoror watch the child's funeral from in Book V, Stanza 6?

2. In Book IV, Stanza 5, how did the man with the stolen eyes leave prison?

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

4. In Book II, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror consider throwing the girl against a wall?

5. What happens to the victims of the capsized ship in Book II, Stanza 13?

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