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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. What does Maldoror say flying octopi are like?
(a) Women.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Men.
(d) God.

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

3. To what does the grave-digger say his occupation is tied?
(a) Analysis of pain.
(b) Nothing, it's meaningless work.
(c) Sadness and fear.
(d) Questions of mortality.

4. What happens when the street-child chases after the horse-drawn bus?
(a) He begins to cry.
(b) He falls down.
(c) He jumps aboard.
(d) He is attacked.

5. In Book I, Stanza 4, the narrator says all men feel what?
(a) Hate.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Fear.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror remember the little girl asking him?

2. In Book I, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror say differs among men?

3. Why does Maldoror say he continued to pray as a child in Book II, Stanza 12?

4. In Book III, Stanza 4, why is God grateful to receive a coin?

5. What does the grave-digger promise to do if Maldoror stays at his house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At the end of Book II, what does the narrator say his poem might cause?

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

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

5. How was Maldoror's childhood deafness cured?

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

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

8. What does the grave digger tell Maldoror about mortality?

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

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

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