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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 12, what example of God's malice does Maldoror examine?
(a) Crime.
(b) Floods.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Epidemics.

2. Why does Maldoror symbolically to heaven in the form of an octopus?
(a) To prove something to mankind.
(b) To show how superior the ocean is.
(c) To frighten the angels.
(d) To confront God.

3. In Book I, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror say differs among men?
(a) Motivations.
(b) Evil.
(c) Feelings of love.
(d) Families.

4. In Book I, Stanza 4, what does the narrator say about the purpose of this poem?
(a) To help the evil repent.
(b) To help people define evil.
(c) To show the importance of birth parents.
(d) To show the delights of cruelty.

5. In Book II, Stanza 6, where does Maldoror find the boy who is thinking about heaven?
(a) At a store.
(b) In his home.
(c) On a bench.
(d) At school.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 12, what does Maldoror say he realized about praying as a child?

2. When God passes out on earth, who gives him a coin when he wakes up?

3. What does Maldoror say happened when he decided to not kill the embodiment of Prostitution?

4. Why does the toad say he hates Maldoror?

5. What does God threaten Maldoror with in Book III, Stanza 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Maldoror's childhood deafness cured?

2. What happens to Maldoror when he realizes he was born evil?

3. Why does Maldoror tell men to stop worshiping an insect god?

4. What does the child chasing the horse-drawn bus make Maldoror think of?

5. What happens to God when He passes out drunk on earth?

6. How does Maldoror feel about the talking toad he meets in Book I, Stanza 13?

7. What does the narrator say in Book I, Stanza 14?

8. What happens when Maldoror addresses the lamp hanging in a cathedral?

9. What does Maldoror do after visiting a brothel in Book III, Stanza 5?

10. Why does Maldoror feel the ocean is superior to humanity?

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