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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 beg the toad for in Book I, Stanza 13?
(a) To be left alone.
(b) For insight into the future.
(c) For fame.
(d) To leave with him.

2. What does Maldoror say showed him the grave of a child who died from tuberculosis?
(a) A fairy.
(b) A huge butterfly.
(c) A small bear.
(d) A giant glow worm.

3. When Maldoror sees the ship capsize, what does he vow to do to the people who survive?
(a) Turn them evil.
(b) Laugh at them.
(c) Follow them.
(d) Kill them.

4. In Book IV, Stanza 4, who does Maldoror say should not be convinced to worship God?
(a) His son.
(b) Animals.
(c) Women.
(d) All men.

5. What does the narrator say people will do at the moment of their death in Book V, Stanza 3?
(a) Welcome it.
(b) Laugh about it.
(c) Try to avoid it.
(d) Close their eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 12, what example of God's malice does Maldoror examine?

2. In Book IV, Stanza 3, what does the man in the gallows wife want from his mother?

3. What does Maldoror say he has no hope for after his death?

4. When the narrator thinks about martyrs in Book V, Stanza 3, what does he want to do?

5. What does Maldoror say probably lies beneath the young girl's angelic exterior in Book II, Stanza 5?

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