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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 Maldoror consider living in a cave in Book IV, Stanza 2?
(a) In order to get in touch with nature.
(b) In order to be near humanity, but not in it.
(c) In order to write a book.
(d) In order to stop sinning.

2. What does the narrator say people will do at the moment of their death in Book V, Stanza 3?
(a) Laugh about it.
(b) Close their eyes.
(c) Welcome it.
(d) Try to avoid it.

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

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

5. In Book V, Stanza 4, what is the spirit's identity?
(a) Rationality.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Providence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror say did not kill him?

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

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

4. What provides the man with webbed feet with everything he needs?

5. What does the narrator assume about the vulture in Book V, Stanza 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Book V, Stanza 2, what does the beetle do?

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

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

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

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

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

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