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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maldoror symbolically to heaven in the form of an octopus?
(a) To frighten the angels.
(b) To prove something to mankind.
(c) To show how superior the ocean is.
(d) To confront God.

2. In Book II, Stanza 9, why does Maldoror say some men keep insects as pets?
(a) To eat them.
(b) Because they are cheap.
(c) To feed other animals.
(d) To avoid old age.

3. What does Maldoror say he has no hope for after his death?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Peace.
(c) Truth.
(d) Salvation.

4. In Book II, Stanza 6, where does Maldoror find the boy who is thinking about heaven?
(a) At a store.
(b) At school.
(c) In his home.
(d) On a bench.

5. In Book III, Stanza 4, why is God grateful to receive a coin?
(a) Because he works hard.
(b) Because he knows man is good.
(c) Because he is lost.
(d) Because he is broke.

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

7. Why was the hermaphrodite granted a pension?
(a) For winning a contest.
(b) For being captured.
(c) It was his wife's.
(d) For 30 years of working for the city.

8. How does Maldoror define the suffering God creates in Book II, Stanza 3?
(a) Death.
(b) Natural disasters.
(c) Love.
(d) Humanity itself.

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

10. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?
(a) A supernatural force.
(b) His wife.
(c) Maldoror.
(d) He is tired.

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

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

13. In Book III, Stanza 1, what spirit does Mario have?
(a) The spirit of the sky.
(b) The spirit of water.
(c) The spirit of fire.
(d) The spirit of the earth.

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

15. Why does Maldoror say he continued to pray as a child in Book II, Stanza 12?
(a) He had nothing else to do.
(b) His parents made him.
(c) He wanted it to be true.
(d) He wanted goodness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror want God to reveal?

2. What does Maldoror say showed him the grave of a child who died from tuberculosis?

3. Why does Maldoror send away the beautiful girl in Book II, Stanza 13?

4. How was Maldoror born?

5. What does Maldoror say flying octopi are like?

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