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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Stanzas 10-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the grave-digger say happens every night at the cemetery?
(a) The corpses rise for air.
(b) Someone falls in a grave.
(c) Animals howl.
(d) The wind whispers prayers.

2. What does Maldoror beg the toad for in Book I, Stanza 13?
(a) For insight into the future.
(b) For fame.
(c) To leave with him.
(d) To be left alone.

3. Why does Maldoror strangle the child in Book I, Stanza 11?
(a) Because the boy threatens to tell on Maldoror.
(b) Because Maldoror is bored.
(c) Because the boy won't accept sin.
(d) Because the mother asks him to.

4. In Book I, Stanza 4, what does the narrator say about the purpose of this poem?
(a) To help people define evil.
(b) To show the importance of birth parents.
(c) To show the delights of cruelty.
(d) To help the evil repent.

5. What does Maldoror say showed him the grave of a child who died from tuberculosis?
(a) A small bear.
(b) A giant glow worm.
(c) A fairy.
(d) A huge butterfly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Stanza 13, who does Maldoror find that he feels is just like him?

2. How was Maldoror born?

3. What happens when the street-child chases after the horse-drawn bus?

4. What does the toad say Maldoror should do if he is so smart?

5. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say has the sweetest taste?

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