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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 toad say Maldoror should do if he is so smart?
(a) Teach.
(b) Leave earth.
(c) Travel to Europe.
(d) Write a book.

2. What emotion does the grave-digger sense in Maldoror when they talk about faith in God?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Confusion.

3. In Book I, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror say differs among men?
(a) Families.
(b) Evil.
(c) Feelings of love.
(d) Motivations.

4. Why does Maldoror say he threw Falmer against a tree?
(a) Because Falmer was the preacher's son.
(b) Because Falmer threatened him.
(c) Because Falmer gave him a Bible.
(d) Because Falmer stopped him from killing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the grave-digger promise to do if Maldoror stays at his house?

2. In Book IV, Stanza 2, why does the narrator talk about flies?

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

4. Why does the narrator decide to stop writing Book II?

5. In Book I, Stanza 2, what form does hatred take?

(see the answer key)

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