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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) The wind whispers prayers.
(d) Animals howl.

2. What does the family in Book I, Stanza 11 hear after Maldoror watches them eat?
(a) Cries.
(b) Banging sounds.
(c) Music.
(d) Whispers.

3. What does Maldoror say he has no hope for after his death?
(a) Salvation.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Peace.
(d) Truth.

4. What happens to the victims of the capsized ship in Book II, Stanza 13?
(a) Sharks attack them.
(b) Waves sweep them away.
(c) Maldoror swims after them.
(d) The ocean turns black with hate.

5. Where does the hermaphrodite live?
(a) In a flowery grove.
(b) In a tall apartment building.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In a cottage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maldoror say he had a hard time learning to communicate as a child?

2. What does Maldoror say probably lies beneath the young girl's angelic exterior in Book II, Stanza 5?

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

4. In Book I, Stanza 10, who does Maldoror think will not surround him at the time of his death?

5. In Book II, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say Maldoror is for the reader?

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