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

2. In Book II, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say Maldoror is for the reader?
(a) A friend.
(b) A censure.
(c) A warning.
(d) A creature.

3. In Book I, Stanza 10, who does Maldoror think will not surround him at the time of his death?
(a) Animals.
(b) Friends.
(c) Priests.
(d) Family.

4. Why does Maldoror save the drowning man in Book II, Stanza 14?
(a) Because he promised to save anyone who was drowning.
(b) Because he looks like his friend.
(c) Because he feels pulled to him.
(d) Because he owes the world.

5. What does the toad say Maldoror should do if he is so smart?
(a) Leave earth.
(b) Write a book.
(c) Travel to Europe.
(d) Teach.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Maldoror send away the beautiful girl in Book II, Stanza 13?

3. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say is the "greatest happiness which can be conceived"?

4. In Book II, Stanza 11, why does Maldoror throw a rock at a lamp?

5. In Book II, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror want God to reveal?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Book I Stanza 5, what is the first thing Maldoror tells the reader?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Maldoror do when the bulldog he sends to kill the mad woman's daughter doesn't kill her?

7. How was Maldoror's childhood deafness cured?

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

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

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

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