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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV, Stanzas 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book III, Stanza 4, why is God grateful to receive a coin?
(a) Because he is lost.
(b) Because he knows man is good.
(c) Because he is broke.
(d) Because he works hard.

2. In Book III, Stanza 2, how does the narrator discover the mad woman's secret?
(a) She confesses it to him one night.
(b) He listens in at her door.
(c) He picks up a piece of paper she dropped.
(d) He hears rumors.

3. Why does Maldoror send away the beautiful girl in Book II, Stanza 13?
(a) He fears she is good.
(b) She says she loves God.
(c) He is bored by her.
(d) She isn't interesting.

4. After Maldoror watches the family eating dinner, what does the family feel?
(a) A breeze, even though the window is shut.
(b) A chill spread through the room.
(c) A shadow pass over them.
(d) A wave of heat.

5. Why does Maldoror say he had a hard time learning to communicate as a child?
(a) His tongue was too large.
(b) He was shy.
(c) His parents rarely talked.
(d) He was born deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator learn was witness to everything Maldoror did to the mad woman and her daughter?

2. To what does the grave-digger say his occupation is tied?

3. What did Maldoror do to the mad woman's daughter before sending a bulldog to kill the girl?

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

5. In Book IV, Stanza 6, where does Maldoror remember falling asleep?

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