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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 did Maldoror do when the bulldog did not kill the mad woman's daughter.
(a) He stabbed the dog.
(b) He yelled at the dog.
(c) He made the dog go back.
(d) He killed the dog.

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

3. What does Maldoror say he has no hope for after his death?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Peace.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Truth.

4. What does God threaten Maldoror with in Book III, Stanza 5?
(a) His claws.
(b) His power.
(c) His fist.
(d) His wrath.

5. What does the family in Book I, Stanza 11 hear after Maldoror watches them eat?
(a) Banging sounds.
(b) Whispers.
(c) Music.
(d) Cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book III, Stanza 3, what animal head does the dragon Tremdall sees have?

2. In Book III, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror turn into to fight the dragon?

3. Why was the hermaphrodite granted a pension?

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

5. How does Maldoror define the suffering God creates in Book II, Stanza 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Maldoror say about the ten-year old girl who used to follow him?

8. In Book 1, Stanza 8, why does Maldoror say he is like dogs?

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

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

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