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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 narrator say the reader must read these poems with?
(a) Logic.
(b) An open mind.
(c) A friend.
(d) A sense of fear.

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

3. In Book I, Stanza 8, to what animal does Maldoror liken himself?
(a) Horses.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Bears.

4. How was Maldoror born?
(a) Filled with evil.
(b) Without parents.
(c) Into nature.
(d) Good.

5. In Book II, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say Maldoror is for the reader?
(a) A censure.
(b) A warning.
(c) A friend.
(d) A creature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Book II, Stanza 12, what does Maldoror say he realized about praying as a child?

3. Why does Maldoror say he continued to pray as a child in Book II, Stanza 12?

4. In Book I, Stanza 4, the narrator says all men feel what?

5. In Book I, Stanza 4, what does the narrator say about the purpose of this poem?

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