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

2. What does the narrator promise will happen in Book VI?
(a) Happiness for Maldoror.
(b) A cliffhanger.
(c) A sound conclusion.
(d) A feeling of completion.

3. In Book IV, Stanza 7, why does the man have webbed hands and feet?
(a) Because he sinned.
(b) He was born that way.
(c) He was part of an experiment.
(d) So he can live at sea.

4. Why does the man with webbed feet swim toward Maldoror?
(a) He wanted to scare Maldoror.
(b) He wanted to warn Maldoror.
(c) He didn't see Maldoror near the shore.
(d) Maldoror called him.

5. In Book V, Stanza 6, what message is given about the child?
(a) He will grow as a tree.
(b) He is still alive in heaven.
(c) He will be missed.
(d) He will return for a second life.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror find in his armpit?

2. In Book V, Stanza 6, what reason does the narrator give for not being able to write about death?

3. What is revealed about the beetles balls once he rolls them up the mound?

4. In Book V, Stanza 4, what is the spirit's identity?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator reflect on in Book IV, Stanza 1?

2. What happens at the child's funeral in Book V, Stanza 6?

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

4. What happens when Maldoror first sees Mervyn?

5. In Book VI, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror learn from listening in at Mervyn's door?

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

7. Why does Maldoror always remember Falmer?

8. What happens when Maldoror sees the man hanging from the gallows?

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

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

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