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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book V, Stanzas 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Maldoror watches the family eating dinner, what does the family feel?
(a) A breeze, even though the window is shut.
(b) A chill spread through the room.
(c) A shadow pass over them.
(d) A wave of heat.

2. What does Maldoror say showed him the grave of a child who died from tuberculosis?
(a) A huge butterfly.
(b) A small bear.
(c) A fairy.
(d) A giant glow worm.

3. In Book III, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror turn into to fight the dragon?
(a) A snake.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A lion.
(d) A dog.

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

5. Who does the narrator learn was witness to everything Maldoror did to the mad woman and her daughter?
(a) A shepherd.
(b) No one.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book IV, Stanza 4, who does Maldoror say should not be convinced to worship God?

2. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say a reader must have while reading these poems?

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

4. Why does Maldoror say he has tried to erase the memory of his dream from Book IV, Stanza 6?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what has taken over most of Maldoror's body?

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