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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 confront God.
(b) To frighten the angels.
(c) To show how superior the ocean is.
(d) To prove something to mankind.

2. At the end of Book III, what does Maldoror throw away?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A knife.
(c) A watch.
(d) A sword.

3. In Book II, Stanza 11, why does Maldoror throw a rock at a lamp?
(a) Because it looks like God.
(b) Because someone asks him to.
(c) Because it doesn't answer him.
(d) Because it is in his way.

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

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

6. In Book III, Stanza 2, how does the narrator discover the mad woman's secret?
(a) She confesses it to him one night.
(b) He hears rumors.
(c) He listens in at her door.
(d) He picks up a piece of paper she dropped.

7. What does Maldoror beg God for in Book I, Stanza 5?
(a) To show him one good man.
(b) To send him a true love.
(c) To free him from evil.
(d) To save his soul.

8. How did Maldoror act in his youth?
(a) Good.
(b) Confused.
(c) Calm.
(d) Bad.

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

10. What does Maldoror say mathematics has done for him?
(a) It has made him angry.
(b) Is has made him more tolerant.
(c) It has made him more wise.
(d) It hasn't done anything.

11. What does the grave-digger say happens every night at the cemetery?
(a) Animals howl.
(b) The wind whispers prayers.
(c) The corpses rise for air.
(d) Someone falls in a grave.

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

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

14. In Book II, Stanza 13, how does Maldoror know the man he meets is good?
(a) The sun always shines on him.
(b) People smile when they see him.
(c) Flowers sprout up around him.
(d) Birds sing around him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the grave-digger first say he can't speak with Maldoror?

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

3. In Book II, Stanza 9, why does Maldoror say some men keep insects as pets?

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

5. How was Maldoror born?

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