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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what has taken over most of Maldoror's body?
(a) Pain.
(b) Chicken Pox.
(c) A rash.
(d) Fungus.
2. In Book V, Stanza 7, what does the spider do to Maldoror every night?
(a) Sucks his blood.
(b) Talks to him.
(c) Teases him.
(d) Plays cards with him.
3. In Book IV, Stanza 2, how does Maldoror usually avoid trouble?
(a) By hiding out.
(b) By wearing disguises.
(c) By bribing others.
(d) By acting swiftly.
4. What does the man with webbed feet say he wanted to do when he escaped the basement?
(a) Run away.
(b) Build a hut on a mountain.
(c) Throw himself out to sea.
(d) Start a farm.
5. Who tells the reader that Maldoror is a pedarist?
(a) God.
(b) A homeless man.
(c) Maldoror himself.
(d) The narrator.
6. How does Maldoror feel about being visited by the spider every night in Book V, Stanza 7?
(a) He enjoys it.
(b) Like there is nothing he can do about it.
(c) Like he has done something terrible.
(d) He doesn't care about the spider.
7. In Book V, Stanza 6, what message is given about the child?
(a) He will return for a second life.
(b) He will grow as a tree.
(c) He will be missed.
(d) He is still alive in heaven.
8. In Book V, Stanza 6, how do the child's family members define Maldoror?
(a) As being a mistake.
(b) As being the opposite of their child.
(c) As being what their child could have been.
(d) As being a warning from God.
9. Where is Mervyn walking in Book IV, Stanza 3?
(a) To school.
(b) To the river.
(c) To his house.
(d) To the store.
10. What does the narrator assume about the vulture in Book V, Stanza 2?
(a) That he used to be the woman's lover.
(b) That he is an angel.
(c) That he is the beetle's brother.
(d) That he is a spy.
11. What does the narrator rant about in Book IV, Stanza 2?
(a) The pain in humanity.
(b) The choices God made.
(c) The love in animals.
(d) The complexity of the world.
12. When the narrator thinks about martyrs in Book V, Stanza 3, what does he want to do?
(a) Shout.
(b) Cry.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Go to sleep.
13. When Maldoror starts following Mervyn, what is his dilemma?
(a) He is too tired to follow him.
(b) Mervyn walks too fast.
(c) Mervyn knows the police.
(d) He doesn't know what to do next.
14. Why does Maldoror say he threw Falmer against a tree?
(a) Because Falmer was the preacher's son.
(b) Because Falmer gave him a Bible.
(c) Because Falmer stopped him from killing.
(d) Because Falmer threatened him.
15. In Book V, Stanza 4, what is the spirit trying to do to the narrator's soul?
(a) Capture it.
(b) Learn about it.
(c) Deaden it.
(d) Save it.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Maldoror think he is the only person who can see the man with webbed feet?
2. Where does Maldoror watch the child's funeral from in Book V, Stanza 6?
3. In Book IV, Stanza 6, what animal does Maldoror say he turned into in his dream?
4. What is on top of the mound the beetle rolls ball to?
5. What does the narrator promise will happen in Book VI?
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