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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Book II, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror want God to reveal?
(a) Himself.
(b) The mysteries of existence.
(c) A new savior.
(d) Human kindness.

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

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

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

8. How does Maldoror describe the men who are on the horse-drawn bus?
(a) As being lonely.
(b) As being regal.
(c) As being captured.
(d) As being like a corpse.

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

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

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

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

13. What happens to the victims of the capsized ship in Book II, Stanza 13?
(a) Waves sweep them away.
(b) The ocean turns black with hate.
(c) Maldoror swims after them.
(d) Sharks attack them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Maldoror watches the family eating dinner, what does the family feel?

2. What does Mario say when Maldoror asks about his sadness in Book III, Stanza 1?

3. Where does the hermaphrodite live?

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

5. In Book III, Stanza 5, what greets Maldoror at the door of the brothel?

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