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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Book II, Stanza 5, what does Maldoror remember the little girl asking him?
(a) For help.
(b) About his life.
(c) If she could come with him.
(d) For the time.

3. Why does Maldoror recommend taking a child to the hospital in Book I, Chapter 6?
(a) So professionals can deal with them.
(b) In order to do the right thing.
(c) Because it's easier than doing it yourself.
(d) So society will applaud.

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

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

6. In Book I, Stanza 10, who does Maldoror think will not surround him at the time of his death?
(a) Animals.
(b) Family.
(c) Friends.
(d) Priests.

7. What happens to the victims of the capsized ship in Book II, Stanza 13?
(a) Waves sweep them away.
(b) The ocean turns black with hate.
(c) Sharks attack them.
(d) Maldoror swims after them.

8. In Book II, Stanza 13, who does Maldoror find that he feels is just like him?
(a) An old captain.
(b) A 16 year old.
(c) A shark.
(d) A wolf.

9. What does Maldoror say flying octopi are like?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Conscience.
(d) God.

10. In Book I, Stanza 7, what form does Prostitution take?
(a) That of a man.
(b) That of an animal.
(c) That of an insect.
(d) That of a woman.

11. In Book II, Stanza 13, how does Maldoror know the man he meets is good?
(a) Birds sing around him.
(b) People smile when they see him.
(c) The sun always shines on him.
(d) Flowers sprout up around him.

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

13. 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 giant glow worm.
(d) A fairy.

14. In Book II, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror consider throwing the girl against a wall?
(a) Because he doesn't want someone else to do it.
(b) Because she needs to grow up.
(c) Because he is angry with her.
(d) Because she needs to know the truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the hermaphrodite granted a pension?

2. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?

3. At the end of Book III, what does Maldoror throw away?

4. Who does the narrator learn was witness to everything Maldoror did to the mad woman and her daughter?

5. In Book II, Stanza 6, where does Maldoror find the boy who is thinking about heaven?

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