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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Stanzas 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Maldoror say nature will wonder at his existence when he dies?
(a) Because he will be so old.
(b) Because he violates its laws.
(c) Because he will change death.
(d) Because he always respects nature.

4. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?
(a) His wife.
(b) A supernatural force.
(c) Maldoror.
(d) He is tired.

5. In Book II, Stanza 2, how does the narrator describe God's treatment?
(a) Shameless.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the grave-digger promise to do if Maldoror stays at his house?

2. In Book II, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror want God to reveal?

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

4. Where does the hermaphrodite live?

5. What emotion does the grave-digger sense in Maldoror when they talk about faith in God?

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