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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 made the dog go back.
(c) He yelled at the dog.
(d) He killed the dog.

2. What happens to the boy in Book II, Stanza 6, after Maldoror talks with him about heaven?
(a) The boy begins to cry.
(b) The boy runs away.
(c) The boy laughs at Maldoror.
(d) The boy catches a fever.

3. How does Maldoror define the suffering God creates in Book II, Stanza 3?
(a) Natural disasters.
(b) Humanity itself.
(c) Love.
(d) Death.

4. When Maldoror sees the ship capsize, what does he vow to do to the people who survive?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Laugh at them.
(c) Turn them evil.
(d) Follow them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the hermaphrodite live?

2. Where is Tremdall when he sees Maldoror in Book III, Stanza 3?

3. What emotion does the grave-digger sense in Maldoror when they talk about faith in God?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to God when He passes out drunk on earth?

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

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

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

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

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