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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Maldoror feel about the man with the stolen eyes in Book IV, Stanza 5?

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

4. What does the narrator tell the vulture to do in Book V, Stanza 2?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 5, how did the man with the stolen eyes leave prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the man in Book IV, Stanza 7 adapted to living at sea?

2. Who is Elsseneur?

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

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

5. What happens when Maldoror first sees Mervyn?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the poet's use of a narrator and double narration. Define narrator and double narration and discuss both the benefits and drawbacks to writing a poem with these points of view.

Essay Topic 2

How does the poet use descriptive passages instead of dialogue to develop the story of Maldoror?

Essay Topic 3

How is conscience developed as a theme in "Lautréamont's Maldoror"? Give specific examples of the use of conscience in the poem.

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