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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. What does the narrator tell the vulture to do in Book V, Stanza 2?
(a) To fly away.
(b) To come down to earth.
(c) To stop fighting.
(d) To show himself.

6. 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.

7. In Book IV, Stanza 4, why does Maldoror say he continues to hate God?
(a) Because He is a lie.
(b) Because He is unjust.
(c) Because of His creations.
(d) Because of what He did to his body.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. When the narrator thinks about martyrs in Book V, Stanza 3, what does he want to do?
(a) Go to sleep.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Shout.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book IV, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say is in his inquiry?

2. What does the narrator think Mervyn should do instead of walk faster?

3. How does Maldoror describe his physical appearance in Book V, Stanza 5?

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

5. What does the narrator tell the reader to always do while laughing?

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