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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book V, Stanzas 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on top of the mound the beetle rolls ball to?
(a) A church.
(b) A man-bird.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A horse-man.

2. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror find in his armpit?
(a) A rock.
(b) A bird's nest.
(c) A toad.
(d) An ant colony.

3. In Book III, Stanza 1, what spirit does Mario have?
(a) The spirit of the sky.
(b) The spirit of fire.
(c) The spirit of water.
(d) The spirit of the earth.

4. What does Mario say when Maldoror asks about his sadness in Book III, Stanza 1?
(a) He says he is tormented.
(b) He says he is weary.
(c) He says he is uncertain.
(d) He says he is fine.

5. What pleased Maldoror in his dream in Book IV, Stanza 6?
(a) Being able to fly.
(b) Leaving the human race.
(c) The money he found.
(d) His ability to defy God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what does the narrator begin this poem?

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

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

5. What is revealed about the beetles balls once he rolls them up the mound?

(see the answer key)

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