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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. What does Maldoror say probably lies beneath the young girl's angelic exterior in Book II, Stanza 5?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Pain.
(c) Evil.
(d) Craftiness.

2. Where does the hermaphrodite live?
(a) In a cottage.
(b) In a tall apartment building.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In a flowery grove.

3. Why does Maldoror say he has tried to erase the memory of his dream from Book IV, Stanza 6?
(a) Because it was too evil, even for him.
(b) Because he was upset when he woke up.
(c) Because it revealed the truth.
(d) Because it confused him.

4. What do the two women do to the man hanging from the gallows?
(a) Yell and insult him.
(b) Tar and feather him.
(c) Beat and whip him.
(d) Tar and whip him.

5. What provides the man with webbed feet with everything he needs?
(a) God.
(b) Hope.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Providence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book V, Stanza 7, what does the spider do to Maldoror every night?

2. Why does Maldoror say he continued to pray as a child in Book II, Stanza 12?

3. Why does Maldoror save the drowning man in Book II, Stanza 14?

4. What does the narrator tell the reader to always do while laughing?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror say did not kill him?

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