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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maldoror describe his physical appearance in Book V, Stanza 5?
(a) He says he is average looking.
(b) He says he is attractive.
(c) He says he is not attractive.
(d) He says he cannot judge his appearance.

2. What does the narrator promise will happen in Book VI?
(a) A sound conclusion.
(b) A cliffhanger.
(c) Happiness for Maldoror.
(d) A feeling of completion.

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

4. What provides the man with webbed feet with everything he needs?
(a) God.
(b) Providence.
(c) Hope.
(d) Hatred.

5. 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.

6. In Book V, Stanza 2, what are the balls the beetle is rolling made of?
(a) Dung.
(b) Paper.
(c) Mud.
(d) Rock.

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

8. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what has taken over most of Maldoror's body?
(a) Chicken Pox.
(b) Pain.
(c) A rash.
(d) Fungus.

9. Who are the boys that climb out of the spider's pocket in Book V, Stanza 7?
(a) He isn't sure.
(b) Boys Maldoror tried to kill.
(c) Children Maldoror never met.
(d) Street-boys Maldoror never helped.

10. Who tells the reader that Maldoror is a pedarist?
(a) The narrator.
(b) God.
(c) Maldoror himself.
(d) A homeless man.

11. Why does Maldoror consider living in a cave in Book IV, Stanza 2?
(a) In order to be near humanity, but not in it.
(b) In order to stop sinning.
(c) In order to write a book.
(d) In order to get in touch with nature.

12. In Book VI, Stanza 2, why does Maldoror want to leave humanity?
(a) Because he is bored.
(b) Because he is tired of civilization.
(c) Because he loves nature.
(d) Because he hates people.

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

14. What does the narrator assume about the vulture in Book V, Stanza 2?
(a) That he is a spy.
(b) That he is an angel.
(c) That he is the beetle's brother.
(d) That he used to be the woman's lover.

15. Who does Maldoror leave the man in the gallows under the care of?
(a) Monks.
(b) Plowmen.
(c) Shepherds.
(d) Bishops.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book IV, Stanza 4, why does Maldoror say he continues to hate God?

2. What is on top of the mound the beetle rolls ball to?

3. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say lies in these poems?

4. Why does Maldoror think he is the only person who can see the man with webbed feet?

5. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say is unique about his point of view?

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