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

2. After Maldoror watches the family eating dinner, what does the family feel?
(a) A chill spread through the room.
(b) A shadow pass over them.
(c) A wave of heat.
(d) A breeze, even though the window is shut.

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

4. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say is the "greatest happiness which can be conceived"?
(a) Being hated and loved.
(b) Being a savior.
(c) Being evil and getting away with it.
(d) Being hurt and then rescued.

5. Why did the bulldog Maldoror sent to kill the mad woman's daughter not kill the girl?
(a) Because she was innocent.
(b) Because he thought he had the wrong house.
(c) Because she was already badly injured.
(d) Because she was so young.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book I, Stanza 7, what form does Prostitution take?

2. What does Maldoror love most about math?

3. What does Maldoror say probably lies beneath the young girl's angelic exterior in Book II, Stanza 5?

4. Why does the grave-digger first say he can't speak with Maldoror?

5. In Book I, Stanza 11, when does Maldoror return to speak to the child?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mario and Maldoror travel together in Book III, what do they talk about?

2. What does Maldoror predict about his death in Book I, Stanza 10?

3. In Book II, Stanza 15, what does Maldoror do when he finds himself at odds with conscience?

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

5. What does Maldoror do after watching the family eat dinner in Book I, Stanza 11?

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

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

8. What does the narrator warn the reader about before Maldoror's story begins?

9. In Book II, what happens to the narrator when he tries to write?

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

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