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

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

3. How does Maldoror describe the men who are on the horse-drawn bus?
(a) As being lonely.
(b) As being captured.
(c) As being regal.
(d) As being like a corpse.

4. Why does Maldoror recommend taking a child to the hospital in Book I, Chapter 6?
(a) Because it's easier than doing it yourself.
(b) In order to do the right thing.
(c) So society will applaud.
(d) So professionals can deal with them.

5. When God passes out on earth, how do the animals react?
(a) They curse him.
(b) They bow down to him.
(c) The ignore him.
(d) They kick him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the victims of the capsized ship in Book II, Stanza 13?

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

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

4. When Maldoror sees the ship capsize, what does he vow to do to the people who survive?

5. In Book II, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror consider throwing the girl against a wall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Book III, Stanza 3, what does Tremdall witness?

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

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