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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. In Book II, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say Maldoror is for the reader?
(a) A censure.
(b) A warning.
(c) A friend.
(d) A creature.

2. After Maldoror watches the family eating dinner, what does the family feel?
(a) A shadow pass over them.
(b) A chill spread through the room.
(c) A wave of heat.
(d) A breeze, even though the window is shut.

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

4. How does Maldoror describe the talking toad he meets in Book I, Stanza 13?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Evil.
(c) Inferior.
(d) Superior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say a reader must have while reading these poems?

2. How does Maldoror feel about being visited by the spider every night in Book V, Stanza 7?

3. Why does Maldoror symbolically to heaven in the form of an octopus?

4. What does the man with webbed feet say he wanted to do when he escaped the basement?

5. How does Maldoror describe his physical appearance in Book V, Stanza 5?

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