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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book I, Stanza 7, what form does Prostitution take?
(a) That of an insect.
(b) That of an animal.
(c) That of a man.
(d) That of a woman.

2. When God passes out on earth, who gives him a coin when he wakes up?
(a) A priest.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A woman.
(d) A fool.

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

4. What does the grave-digger promise to do if Maldoror stays at his house?
(a) Make him breakfast.
(b) Ignore anything he says in his sleep.
(c) Give him books to read.
(d) Not ask about his past.

5. What did Maldoror do to the mad woman's daughter before sending a bulldog to kill the girl?
(a) He raped her.
(b) He tied her up.
(c) He strangled her.
(d) He stabbed her.

6. Where does the hermaphrodite live?
(a) In a cottage.
(b) In a flowery grove.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In a tall apartment building.

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

8. What does Maldoror say happened when he decided to not kill the embodiment of Prostitution?
(a) He rejected all virtue.
(b) He saved his soul.
(c) He lost his family.
(d) He found trust.

9. Why does Maldoror strangle the child in Book I, Stanza 11?
(a) Because the boy threatens to tell on Maldoror.
(b) Because the mother asks him to.
(c) Because the boy won't accept sin.
(d) Because Maldoror is bored.

10. In Book III, Stanza 5, who attacks the prostitute?
(a) A demon.
(b) A snake.
(c) A chicken.
(d) Maldoror.

11. What does the narrator say to do at the end of Book I, Stanza 1?
(a) Take a break.
(b) Close the book.
(c) Read out loud.
(d) Skip every other poem.

12. In Book II, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror consider throwing the girl against a wall?
(a) Because he is angry with her.
(b) Because she needs to know the truth.
(c) Because he doesn't want someone else to do it.
(d) Because she needs to grow up.

13. What does the family in Book I, Stanza 11 hear after Maldoror watches them eat?
(a) Music.
(b) Cries.
(c) Banging sounds.
(d) Whispers.

14. Where is Tremdall when he sees Maldoror in Book III, Stanza 3?
(a) Near a river.
(b) A mountain.
(c) In town.
(d) At church.

15. In Book I, Stanza 8, to what animal does Maldoror liken himself?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Bears.
(c) Cats.
(d) Horses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Book II, Stanza 13, how does Maldoror know the man he meets is good?

3. What does Maldoror beg the toad for in Book I, Stanza 13?

4. In Book II, Stanza 12, what does Maldoror say he realized about praying as a child?

5. What does the grave-digger say happens every night at the cemetery?

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