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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maldoror think he is the only person who can see the man with webbed feet?
(a) Because the man says he is a devil.
(b) Because he often makes up characters.
(c) Because the man says he is an angel.
(d) Because no one else notices him.

2. How does Maldoror feel about being visited by the spider every night in Book V, Stanza 7?
(a) Like he has done something terrible.
(b) He enjoys it.
(c) Like there is nothing he can do about it.
(d) He doesn't care about the spider.

3. How does Maldoror feel about the man with the stolen eyes in Book IV, Stanza 5?
(a) He feels the man is more evil than himself.
(b) He feels the man is less evil than himself.
(c) He feels the man is just a fool.
(d) He feels the man is wise beyond his years.

4. In Book IV, Stanza 5, how long was the man with the stolen eyes in prison?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

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

7. 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) He doesn't fully understand it.
(c) People have their own views of death.
(d) Words can never describe it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What does the narrator tell the reader to always do while laughing?
(a) Smile.
(b) Cry.
(c) Laugh at people.
(d) Jump.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book IV, Stanza 7, why does the man have webbed hands and feet?

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

3. When Maldoror starts following Mervyn, what is his dilemma?

4. In Book IV, Stanza 6, where does Maldoror remember falling asleep?

5. In Book V, Stanza 2, what are the balls the beetle is rolling made of?

(see the answer keys)

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