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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. Why does Maldoror say he had a hard time learning to communicate as a child?
(a) He was shy.
(b) His parents rarely talked.
(c) His tongue was too large.
(d) He was born deaf.

2. Why does Maldoror think he is the only person who can see the man with webbed feet?
(a) Because the man says he is a devil.
(b) Because the man says he is an angel.
(c) Because he often makes up characters.
(d) Because no one else notices him.

3. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say lies in these poems?
(a) Pain.
(b) Love.
(c) Truth.
(d) Hate.

4. In Book V, Stanza 6, how do the child's family members define Maldoror?
(a) As being a warning from God.
(b) As being what their child could have been.
(c) As being a mistake.
(d) As being the opposite of their child.

5. In Book IV, Stanza 4, why does Maldoror say he continues to hate God?
(a) Because of His creations.
(b) Because He is a lie.
(c) Because of what He did to his body.
(d) Because He is unjust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maldoror do when the bulldog did not kill the mad woman's daughter.

2. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror find in his armpit?

3. In Book I, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror say differs among men?

4. What did Maldoror do to the mad woman's daughter before sending a bulldog to kill the girl?

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

(see the answer key)

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