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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pleased Maldoror in his dream in Book IV, Stanza 6?
(a) The money he found.
(b) Leaving the human race.
(c) Being able to fly.
(d) His ability to defy God.

2. What do the two women do to the man hanging from the gallows?
(a) Tar and feather him.
(b) Yell and insult him.
(c) Beat and whip him.
(d) Tar and whip him.

3. In Book IV, Stanza 6, what animal does Maldoror say he turned into in his dream?
(a) A hog.
(b) A snake.
(c) A toad.
(d) A lion.

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

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

6. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say he fears will happen to the reader?
(a) They will use a dictionary to understand his words.
(b) They will follow Maldoror.
(c) They will stop reading.
(d) They will be frightened off.

7. Where does Maldoror watch the child's funeral from in Book V, Stanza 6?
(a) From next to his mother.
(b) From a distance.
(c) From the bushes.
(d) From next to the priest.

8. What type of death does the narrator discuss in Book V, Stanza 3?
(a) Death from disease.
(b) Unconscious death.
(c) Voluntary death.
(d) Death from old age.

9. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror say did not kill him?
(a) Old age.
(b) Evil.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Being stabbed.

10. How does the narrator feel about the events with the beetle in Book V, Stanza 2?
(a) He isn't sure if it's a dream or not.
(b) He thinks the beetle is wrong.
(c) He thinks the location is pretty.
(d) He thinks the beetle is right.

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

12. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say a reader must have while reading these poems?
(a) A friend.
(b) A tolerant soul.
(c) An attentive brain.
(d) An open mind.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book V, Stanza 4, what is the spirit's identity?

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

3. What is revealed about the beetles balls once he rolls them up the mound?

4. Why does Maldoror consider living in a cave in Book IV, Stanza 2?

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

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