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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. Why does Mervyn begin walking faster?
(a) He thinks he is lost.
(b) He is late.
(c) He senses danger.
(d) He hates Maldoror.

2. In Book V, Stanza 7, what does the spider do to Maldoror every night?
(a) Plays cards with him.
(b) Teases him.
(c) Sucks his blood.
(d) Talks to him.

3. In Book IV, Stanza 5, who does Maldoror believe the man stole his eyes from?
(a) An elderly woman.
(b) A troubled woman.
(c) A black-haired woman.
(d) A blonde woman.

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

5. What does the man with webbed feet say he wanted to do when he escaped the basement?
(a) Start a farm.
(b) Build a hut on a mountain.
(c) Run away.
(d) Throw himself out to sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about the events with the beetle in Book V, Stanza 2?

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

3. What do the two women do to the man hanging from the gallows?

4. In Book VI, Stanza 2, why does Maldoror want to leave humanity?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say is in his inquiry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Maldoror remember being angry with Falmer?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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