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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 form does the spirit take in Book V, Stanza 4?
(a) An owl.
(b) A bear.
(c) A serpent.
(d) A dragon.

2. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror find in his armpit?
(a) A bird's nest.
(b) A rock.
(c) A toad.
(d) An ant colony.

3. In Book IV, Stanza 2, why does the narrator talk about flies?
(a) He discusses the way humans ignore flies.
(b) He discusses the way some people eat flies.
(c) He discusses different types of flies.
(d) He discusses ways to kill them.

4. In Book V, Stanza 4, what is the spirit trying to do to the narrator's soul?
(a) Save it.
(b) Capture it.
(c) Deaden it.
(d) Learn about it.

5. Who gives the child's funeral service in Book V, Stanza 6?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) A priest.
(c) A minister.
(d) A reverend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maldoror say he threw Falmer against a tree?

2. What does the narrator assume about the vulture in Book V, Stanza 2?

3. How does Maldoror feel about the man with the stolen eyes in Book IV, Stanza 5?

4. Why does the man with webbed feet say he was trapped in a basement?

5. In Book V, Stanza 2, what are the balls the beetle is rolling made of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Elsseneur?

2. How does Maldoror's letter to Mervyn impact Mervyn?

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

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

5. What does the narrator think of martyrs?

6. Why does Maldoror always remember Falmer?

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

8. What introduction to Book V does the narrator give?

9. What happens when Maldoror first sees Mervyn?

10. Why is Maldoror still alive in Book IV, Stanza 4?

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