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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VI, 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maldoror feel about the man with the stolen eyes in Book IV, Stanza 5?
(a) He feels the man is less evil than himself.
(b) He feels the man is wise beyond his years.
(c) He feels the man is more evil than himself.
(d) He feels the man is just a fool.

2. In Book II, Stanza 11, what does Maldoror do when the angel appears?
(a) He smacks the angel.
(b) He throws a lamp at the angel.
(c) He licks the angel's face.
(d) He throws a rock at the angel.

3. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror say did not kill him?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Evil.
(c) Being stabbed.
(d) Old age.

4. To what does the grave-digger say his occupation is tied?
(a) Nothing, it's meaningless work.
(b) Analysis of pain.
(c) Sadness and fear.
(d) Questions of mortality.

5. Why does Maldoror strangle the child in Book I, Stanza 11?
(a) Because the boy won't accept sin.
(b) Because the mother asks him to.
(c) Because Maldoror is bored.
(d) Because the boy threatens to tell on Maldoror.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator feel about the events with the beetle in Book V, Stanza 2?

3. In Book II, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror consider throwing the girl against a wall?

4. In what does Maldoror tell the grave-digger to trust?

5. In Book VI, what other name does the narrator give the books?

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