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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, what problem does Maldoror run into?
(a) He loses his house.
(b) Civilization becoming evil too.
(c) The police looking for him.
(d) A lack of money.

2. When Maldoror starts following Mervyn, what is his dilemma?
(a) He doesn't know what to do next.
(b) Mervyn walks too fast.
(c) Mervyn knows the police.
(d) He is too tired to follow him.

3. When the narrator thinks about martyrs in Book V, Stanza 3, what does he want to do?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Shout.
(c) Go to sleep.
(d) Cry.

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

5. What pleased Maldoror in his dream in Book IV, Stanza 6?
(a) The money he found.
(b) His ability to defy God.
(c) Leaving the human race.
(d) Being able to fly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Book IV, Stanza 3, what does the man in the gallows wife want from his mother?

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

4. In Book IV, Staza 6, how does Maldoror feel about the sleep he recounts?

5. Who does Maldoror leave the man in the gallows under the care of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Maldoror always remember Falmer?

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

7. What happened to Maldoror in Book IV, Stanza 4?

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

9. In Book IV, Stanza 2, what is Maldoror's conflict with humanity?

10. Why does Maldoror remember being angry with Falmer?

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