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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Stanzas 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book I, Stanza 7, what form does Prostitution take?
(a) That of an animal.
(b) That of a woman.
(c) That of a man.
(d) That of an insect.

2. In Book I, Stanza 2, what form does hatred take?
(a) A vision.
(b) An odor.
(c) A taste.
(d) A breeze.

3. In Book I, Stanza 6, what does Maldoror say is the "greatest happiness which can be conceived"?
(a) Being a savior.
(b) Being hurt and then rescued.
(c) Being hated and loved.
(d) Being evil and getting away with it.

4. In Book I, Stanza 4, the narrator says all men feel what?
(a) Hate.
(b) Fear.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Love.

5. In Book I, Stanza 11, when does Maldoror return to speak to the child?
(a) When the child goes outside.
(b) When the family is praying.
(c) During breakfast.
(d) After the family goes to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maldoror say happened when he decided to not kill the embodiment of Prostitution?

2. Why does Maldoror suggest that the reader grow his/her fingernails out?

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

4. Why does Maldoror strangle the child in Book I, Stanza 11?

5. What does the narrator say to do at the end of Book I, Stanza 1?

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