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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In Book IV, Stanza 3, how is the man hanging from the gallows?
(a) By his feet.
(b) By his hair.
(c) By his hands.
(d) By his neck.

3. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say lies in these poems?
(a) Pain.
(b) Hate.
(c) Truth.
(d) Love.

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

5. In Book IV, Stanza 4, how does Maldoror react to the crab he finds living in him?
(a) He says it isn't surprising.
(b) He says it's a lie.
(c) He says it is the funniest thing he's found.
(d) He says it hurts.

6. Why does Maldoror believe the man stole his eyes from a woman?
(a) To appear beautiful.
(b) To be nicer to women.
(c) To get his vision back.
(d) To avoid becoming a man.

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

8. In Book V, Stanza 7, what does the spider do to Maldoror every night?
(a) Talks to him.
(b) Teases him.
(c) Plays cards with him.
(d) Sucks his blood.

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

10. What form does the spirit take in Book V, Stanza 4?
(a) A bear.
(b) A serpent.
(c) An owl.
(d) A dragon.

11. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror find in his armpit?
(a) A rock.
(b) A toad.
(c) A bird's nest.
(d) An ant colony.

12. Why does the man with webbed feet say he was trapped in a basement?
(a) Because of his webbed feet.
(b) Because of his brother.
(c) Because he was hiding from someone.
(d) Because he commited a crime.

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

14. In Book IV, Stanza 7, why does the man have webbed hands and feet?
(a) He was born that way.
(b) So he can live at sea.
(c) He was part of an experiment.
(d) Because he sinned.

15. 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 has been totally successful.
(c) He has achieved some success.
(d) He says he cannot judge his success yet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator tell the vulture to do in Book V, Stanza 2?

3. In Book IV, Stanza 5, who does Maldoror believe the man stole his eyes from?

4. What vision begins the narrators rant in Book IV, Stanza 2?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror say did not kill him?

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