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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 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.

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

3. Why does the man with webbed feet swim toward Maldoror?
(a) Maldoror called him.
(b) He wanted to warn Maldoror.
(c) He wanted to scare Maldoror.
(d) He didn't see Maldoror near the shore.

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

5. In Book V, Stanza 4, what is the spirit trying to do to the narrator's soul?
(a) Deaden it.
(b) Learn about it.
(c) Save it.
(d) Capture it.

6. In Book V, Stanza 6, what message is given about the child?
(a) He will return for a second life.
(b) He will be missed.
(c) He will grow as a tree.
(d) He is still alive in heaven.

7. In Book IV, Stanza 2, why does Maldoror want to live among humans?
(a) Because he is tied to society.
(b) Because he loves people.
(c) To observe them.
(d) To torture them.

8. 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.

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

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

11. In Book IV, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror say he once scalped a man?
(a) For fun.
(b) As a joke.
(c) For revenge.
(d) As a message to God.

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

13. What is revealed about the beetles balls once he rolls them up the mound?
(a) They are imaginary.
(b) They are actually his hopes and dreams.
(c) They will be used as weapons.
(d) They are actually made of humans.

14. What vision begins the narrators rant in Book IV, Stanza 2?
(a) A winding road.
(b) A bridge.
(c) Two towers.
(d) Two cabins.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator thinks about martyrs in Book V, Stanza 3, what does he want to do?

2. When the two boys crawl out of the spider's pocket in Book V, Stanza 7, what are they holding?

3. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say a reader must have while reading these poems?

4. Who does Maldoror leave the man in the gallows under the care of?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 1, how does the narrator describe his success so far in the poem?

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