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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maldoror say happens to people who keep insects as pets?
(a) It smells bad.
(b) It sends the wrong message to women.
(c) It wastes their money.
(d) It holds them back.

2. Why does Maldoror save the drowning man in Book II, Stanza 14?
(a) Because he owes the world.
(b) Because he promised to save anyone who was drowning.
(c) Because he feels pulled to him.
(d) Because he looks like his friend.

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

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

5. What does Maldoror beg the toad for in Book I, Stanza 13?
(a) To leave with him.
(b) For insight into the future.
(c) To be left alone.
(d) For fame.

6. When God passes out on earth, how do the animals react?
(a) They bow down to him.
(b) The ignore him.
(c) They kick him.
(d) They curse him.

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

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

9. In Book II, Stanza 11, what does Maldoror do when the angel appears?
(a) He smacks the angel.
(b) He licks the angel's face.
(c) He throws a rock at the angel.
(d) He throws a lamp at the angel.

10. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say has the sweetest taste?
(a) The blood of enemies.
(b) The freshest fruit.
(c) The love of a woman.
(d) The tears of innocents.

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

12. What happens to the boy in Book II, Stanza 6, after Maldoror talks with him about heaven?
(a) The boy laughs at Maldoror.
(b) The boy begins to cry.
(c) The boy catches a fever.
(d) The boy runs away.

13. What does the narrator say the reader must read these poems with?
(a) An open mind.
(b) Logic.
(c) A sense of fear.
(d) A friend.

14. What does Maldoror say flying octopi are like?
(a) Men.
(b) Conscience.
(c) God.
(d) Women.

15. In Book II, Stanza 12, what does Maldoror say he realized about praying as a child?
(a) It could be of no use.
(b) He couldn't remember them.
(c) He was only following orders.
(d) It was just a way to stay calm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maldoror say he had a hard time learning to communicate as a child?

2. In Book II, Stanza 11, why does Maldoror throw a rock at a lamp?

3. How does Maldoror describe the talking toad he meets in Book I, Stanza 13?

4. What happens when the street-child chases after the horse-drawn bus?

5. In Book II, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror consider throwing the girl against a wall?

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