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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VI, 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator rant about in Book IV, Stanza 2?
(a) The love in animals.
(b) The choices God made.
(c) The complexity of the world.
(d) The pain in humanity.

2. In Book I, Stanza 2, what form does hatred take?
(a) An odor.
(b) A vision.
(c) A breeze.
(d) A taste.

3. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say is the "greatest happiness which can be conceived"?
(a) Being hated and loved.
(b) Being a savior.
(c) Being hurt and then rescued.
(d) Being evil and getting away with it.

4. What does Mario say when Maldoror asks about his sadness in Book III, Stanza 1?
(a) He says he is uncertain.
(b) He says he is weary.
(c) He says he is tormented.
(d) He says he is fine.

5. In Book V, Stanza 2, what are the balls the beetle is rolling made of?
(a) Dung.
(b) Mud.
(c) Paper.
(d) Rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Tremdall when he sees Maldoror in Book III, Stanza 3?

2. In Book III, Stanza 2, how does the narrator discover the mad woman's secret?

3. In Book III, Stanza 3, what animal head does the dragon Tremdall sees have?

4. In Book V, Stanza 4, what is the spirit trying to do to the narrator's soul?

5. In Book V, Stanza 6, what reason does the narrator give for not being able to write about death?

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