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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 IV, Stanza 4, what has taken over most of Maldoror's body?
(a) Pain.
(b) Chicken Pox.
(c) A rash.
(d) Fungus.

2. What do the two women do to the man hanging from the gallows?
(a) Yell and insult him.
(b) Tar and feather him.
(c) Beat and whip him.
(d) Tar and whip him.

3. What does the narrator say people will do at the moment of their death in Book V, Stanza 3?
(a) Close their eyes.
(b) Try to avoid it.
(c) Laugh about it.
(d) Welcome it.

4. What does Mervyn do when he reaches home in Book IV, Stanza 3?
(a) Collapses on the couch.
(b) Hugs his mother.
(c) Locks the door.
(d) Asks about dinner.

5. In Book IV, Stanza 5, how did the man with the stolen eyes leave prison?
(a) He had to leave on foot.
(b) He escaped.
(c) He had a cab pick him up.
(d) The judge drove him home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maldoror watch the child's funeral from in Book V, Stanza 6?

2. In Book IV, Stanza 5, who does Maldoror believe the man stole his eyes from?

3. Who tells the reader that Maldoror is a pedarist?

4. In Book IV, Stanza 5, how long was the man with the stolen eyes in prison?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 4, why does Maldoror say he continues to hate God?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Book IV, Stanza 2, what is the narrator's message about laughter?

2. What have men done to Maldoror in Book IV, Stanza 4?

3. What happened when Maldoror fell asleep on the cliff in Book IV, Stanza 6?

4. Why does the man in Book IV, Stanza 7 live at sea?

5. In Book V, Stanza 2, what does the narrator realize about the vulture and the owl?

6. How does Elsseneur try to seek revenge against Maldoror?

7. Why does Maldoror remember being angry with Falmer?

8. How has the man in Book IV, Stanza 7 adapted to living at sea?

9. In Book V, Stanza 3, how does the narrator describe people's relationship to death?

10. In Book V, Stanza 7, how does Maldoror react to the spider's nightly visits?

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