View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maldoror say happens to people who keep insects as pets?
(a) It wastes their money.
(b) It sends the wrong message to women.
(c) It holds them back.
(d) It smells bad.

2. In Book I, Stanza 10, who does Maldoror think will not surround him at the time of his death?
(a) Priests.
(b) Friends.
(c) Family.
(d) Animals.

3. In Book I, Stanza 8, to what animal does Maldoror liken himself?
(a) Horses.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Bears.

4. When God passes out on earth, who gives him a coin when he wakes up?
(a) A fool.
(b) A woman.
(c) A priest.
(d) A beggar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say people have reported seeing a winged lamp flying?

2. How did Maldoror act in his youth?

3. What does Maldoror love most about math?

4. Why does Maldoror say he had a hard time learning to communicate as a child?

5. In Book III, Stanza 2, how does the narrator discover the mad woman's secret?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the grave-digger asks Maldoror about his life?

2. How does Maldoror react to the sharks who swarm the capsized ship in Book II, Stanza 13?

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

4. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror suggest people do to children?

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

6. What does Maldoror do when the bulldog he sends to kill the mad woman's daughter doesn't kill her?

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

8. What conversation about heaven does Maldoror have with the boy on the park bench?

9. In Book I Stanza 5, what is the first thing Maldoror tells the reader?

10. Why does Maldoror praise mathematics in Book II, Stanza 10?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 763 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample