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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the two boys crawl out of the spider's pocket in Book V, Stanza 7, what are they holding?
(a) Short knives.
(b) Flaming swords.
(c) Bows and arrows.
(d) Guns.

2. In Book IV, Stanza 4, why does Maldoror lose the use of his limbs?
(a) From a fire.
(b) From sin.
(c) From a train accident.
(d) From laying in the same spot.

3. Why does the man with webbed feet swim toward Maldoror?
(a) Maldoror called him.
(b) He didn't see Maldoror near the shore.
(c) He wanted to scare Maldoror.
(d) He wanted to warn Maldoror.

4. What does the narrator rant about in Book IV, Stanza 2?
(a) The choices God made.
(b) The complexity of the world.
(c) The love in animals.
(d) The pain in humanity.

5. Who gives the child's funeral service in Book V, Stanza 6?
(a) A minister.
(b) A priest.
(c) A rabbi.
(d) A reverend.

6. In Book IV, Stanza 1, how does the narrator describe his success so far in the poem?
(a) He has yet to be successful.
(b) He says he cannot judge his success yet.
(c) He has achieved some success.
(d) He has been totally successful.

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

8. What does Mervyn do when he reaches home in Book IV, Stanza 3?
(a) Asks about dinner.
(b) Locks the door.
(c) Hugs his mother.
(d) Collapses on the couch.

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

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

11. In Book V, Stanza 6, how do the child's family members define Maldoror?
(a) As being the opposite of their child.
(b) As being a warning from God.
(c) As being what their child could have been.
(d) As being a mistake.

12. Why does Mervyn begin walking faster?
(a) He senses danger.
(b) He thinks he is lost.
(c) He hates Maldoror.
(d) He is late.

13. What does the man with webbed feet say he wanted to do when he escaped the basement?
(a) Run away.
(b) Start a farm.
(c) Build a hut on a mountain.
(d) Throw himself out to sea.

14. Why is the beetle in Book V, Stanza 2 upset about someone forgetting a woman?
(a) Because she was rich.
(b) Because she was his true love.
(c) Because she caused him pain.
(d) Because she had a secret.

15. In Book IV, Stanza 3, what does the man in the gallows wife want from his mother?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Her freedom.
(c) A reward.
(d) To be left alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maldoror say he is most interested in young boys?

2. In Book IV, Stanza 2, why does Maldoror want to live among humans?

3. Who does Maldoror leave the man in the gallows under the care of?

4. How does the narrator feel about the events with the beetle in Book V, Stanza 2?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror say the women look like?

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