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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. Why does the narrator decide to stop writing Book II?
(a) He is traveling abroad.
(b) He is afraid of Maldoror.
(c) The story is over.
(d) He wants a break.

2. What does Maldoror say showed him the grave of a child who died from tuberculosis?
(a) A fairy.
(b) A giant glow worm.
(c) A small bear.
(d) A huge butterfly.

3. Why does Maldoror suggest that the reader grow his/her fingernails out?
(a) To see how long it takes.
(b) To scratch a child.
(c) To tap on things.
(d) To scare people.

4. What does the narrator say the reader must read these poems with?
(a) Logic.
(b) A sense of fear.
(c) A friend.
(d) An open mind.

5. Where does Maldoror speak with the grave-digger in Book I, Stanza 12?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Norway.
(d) Iceland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family in Book I, Stanza 11 hear after Maldoror watches them eat?

2. What does Maldoror beg the toad for in Book I, Stanza 13?

3. In Book I, Stanza 8, to what animal does Maldoror liken himself?

4. Why did the bulldog Maldoror sent to kill the mad woman's daughter not kill the girl?

5. In Book II, Stanza 2, how does the narrator describe God's treatment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Maldoror's childhood deafness cured?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Maldoror feel about the talking toad he meets in Book I, Stanza 13?

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