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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 2, how does Maldoror usually avoid trouble?
(a) By acting swiftly.
(b) By wearing disguises.
(c) By hiding out.
(d) By bribing others.

2. When Maldoror starts following Mervyn, what is his dilemma?
(a) He is too tired to follow him.
(b) He doesn't know what to do next.
(c) Mervyn knows the police.
(d) Mervyn walks too fast.

3. In Book IV, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror say the women look like?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Apes.
(c) Beasts.
(d) Dogs.

4. In Book IV, Stanza 2, why does the narrator talk about flies?
(a) He discusses the way humans ignore flies.
(b) He discusses different types of flies.
(c) He discusses ways to kill them.
(d) He discusses the way some people eat flies.

5. In Book V, Stanza 4, what is the spirit trying to do to the narrator's soul?
(a) Capture it.
(b) Save it.
(c) Deaden it.
(d) Learn about it.

6. How does Maldoror feel about being visited by the spider every night in Book V, Stanza 7?
(a) He doesn't care about the spider.
(b) He enjoys it.
(c) Like he has done something terrible.
(d) Like there is nothing he can do about it.

7. What does the narrator tell the reader to always do while laughing?
(a) Jump.
(b) Smile.
(c) Laugh at people.
(d) Cry.

8. In Book IV, Stanza 6, where does Maldoror remember falling asleep?
(a) On a cliff.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In a tree.
(d) Next to a river.

9. In Book V, Stanza 6, what reason does the narrator give for not being able to write about death?
(a) He doesn't fully understand it.
(b) Words can never describe it.
(c) It's always changing.
(d) People have their own views of death.

10. How does Maldoror feel about the man with the stolen eyes in Book IV, Stanza 5?
(a) He feels the man is less evil than himself.
(b) He feels the man is wise beyond his years.
(c) He feels the man is just a fool.
(d) He feels the man is more evil than himself.

11. In Book IV, Stanza 2, what problem does Maldoror run into?
(a) A lack of money.
(b) The police looking for him.
(c) He loses his house.
(d) Civilization becoming evil too.

12. What is revealed about the beetles balls once he rolls them up the mound?
(a) They will be used as weapons.
(b) They are actually made of humans.
(c) They are actually his hopes and dreams.
(d) They are imaginary.

13. In Book IV, Stanza 5, who does Maldoror believe the man stole his eyes from?
(a) A troubled woman.
(b) A black-haired woman.
(c) An elderly woman.
(d) A blonde woman.

14. In Book VI, what other name does the narrator give the books?
(a) Movements.
(b) Novels.
(c) Tidbits.
(d) Songs.

15. Why does Maldoror say he is most interested in young boys?
(a) Because he has more in common with them.
(b) Because they are more fun.
(c) Because they are easier to manipulate.
(d) Because he fears women.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book V, Stanza 6, what message is given about the child?

2. Who tells the reader that Maldoror is a pedarist?

3. Where is Mervyn walking in Book IV, Stanza 3?

4. Who gives the child's funeral service in Book V, Stanza 6?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror say he once scalped a man?

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