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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 does the narrator tell the vulture to do in Book V, Stanza 2?
(a) To stop fighting.
(b) To show himself.
(c) To fly away.
(d) To come down to earth.

2. In Book IV, Stanza 2, why does Maldoror want to live among humans?
(a) To observe them.
(b) Because he is tied to society.
(c) To torture them.
(d) Because he loves people.

3. In Book IV, Stanza 4, why does Maldoror lose the use of his limbs?
(a) From a train accident.
(b) From a fire.
(c) From laying in the same spot.
(d) From sin.

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

5. What does the narrator rant about in Book IV, Stanza 2?
(a) The choices God made.
(b) The pain in humanity.
(c) The complexity of the world.
(d) The love in animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maldoror think he is the only person who can see the man with webbed feet?

2. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say he fears will happen to the reader?

3. Why does Maldoror say he is most interested in young boys?

4. What does the narrator promise will happen in Book VI?

5. What does the narrator think Mervyn should do instead of walk faster?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Maldoror first sees Mervyn?

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Maldoror remember being angry with Falmer?

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

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

10. What does the narrator think of martyrs?

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