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

2. What type of death does the narrator discuss in Book V, Stanza 3?
(a) Death from disease.
(b) Unconscious death.
(c) Voluntary death.
(d) Death from old age.

3. In Book VI, Stanza 2, why does Maldoror want to leave humanity?
(a) Because he hates people.
(b) Because he is tired of civilization.
(c) Because he is bored.
(d) Because he loves nature.

4. In Book IV, Stanza 4, how does Maldoror react to the crab he finds living in him?
(a) He says it hurts.
(b) He says it is the funniest thing he's found.
(c) He says it isn't surprising.
(d) He says it's a lie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say a reader must have while reading these poems?

2. What does the narrator tell the reader to always do while laughing?

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

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

5. What is on top of the mound the beetle rolls ball to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the beetle and the man-pelican related?

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

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

4. How does Maldoror compare himself to the man with stolen eyes in Book IV, Stanza 5?

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

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

7. Who is Elsseneur?

8. Why does Maldoror always remember Falmer?

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

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

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