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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 animal does the vulture battle in Book V, Stanza 2?
(a) A sparrow.
(b) A snake.
(c) A dragon.
(d) An owl.

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

3. In Book IV, Staza 6, how does Maldoror feel about the sleep he recounts?
(a) He was fearful of it.
(b) He didn't care for it.
(c) He enjoyed it.
(d) He regrets it.

4. Where does Maldoror watch the child's funeral from in Book V, Stanza 6?
(a) From next to the priest.
(b) From next to his mother.
(c) From a distance.
(d) From the bushes.

5. What does the narrator assume about the vulture in Book V, Stanza 2?
(a) That he is an angel.
(b) That he is a spy.
(c) That he is the beetle's brother.
(d) That he used to be the woman's lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maldoror describe his physical appearance in Book V, Stanza 5?

2. What does the man with webbed feet say he wanted to do when he escaped the basement?

3. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say lies in these poems?

4. Why does Mervyn begin walking faster?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 2, why does Maldoror want to live among humans?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Maldoror first sees Mervyn?

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

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

5. Why does Maldoror remember being angry with Falmer?

6. What introduction to Book V does the narrator give?

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

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

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

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

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