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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror remember the little girl asking him?
(a) About his life.
(b) If she could come with him.
(c) For the time.
(d) For help.

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

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

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

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

6. In Book II, Stanza 12, what example of God's malice does Maldoror examine?
(a) Epidemics.
(b) Crime.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Floods.

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

8. In Book II, Stanza 13, who does Maldoror find that he feels is just like him?
(a) A wolf.
(b) An old captain.
(c) A shark.
(d) A 16 year old.

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

10. Where does the narrator say people have reported seeing a winged lamp flying?
(a) Above the Rhine.
(b) Above the Siene.
(c) Above the Meuse.
(d) Above the Somme.

11. With what does the narrator begin this poem?
(a) A warning.
(b) A lesson.
(c) A rhyme.
(d) A question.

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

13. Why does Maldoror say nature will wonder at his existence when he dies?
(a) Because he violates its laws.
(b) Because he always respects nature.
(c) Because he will change death.
(d) Because he will be so old.

14. Why does Maldoror say he believes God has a right to eat men?
(a) Because He is all powerful.
(b) Because He is their creator.
(c) Because men are evil.
(d) Because men taste good.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what does Maldoror tell the grave-digger to trust?

2. In Book III, Stanza 1, who does the fisherman think Maldoror and Mario are?

3. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?

4. In Book I, Stanza 7, what form does Prostitution take?

5. In Book I, Stanza 11, when does Maldoror return to speak to the child?

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