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

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 wise beyond his years.
(b) He feels the man is just a fool.
(c) He feels the man is less evil than himself.
(d) He feels the man is more evil than himself.

2. What does the man with webbed feet say he wanted to do when he escaped the basement?
(a) Run away.
(b) Build a hut on a mountain.
(c) Start a farm.
(d) Throw himself out to sea.

3. Who gives the child's funeral service in Book V, Stanza 6?
(a) A priest.
(b) A reverend.
(c) A minister.
(d) A rabbi.

4. What does the narrator think Mervyn should do instead of walk faster?
(a) Turn around.
(b) Run.
(c) Stop and ask for help.
(d) Nothing, he should keep walking.

5. In Book IV, Stanza 5, why does Maldoror say he once scalped a man?
(a) For fun.
(b) For revenge.
(c) As a joke.
(d) As a message to God.

6. In Book IV, Stanza 5, how did the man with the stolen eyes leave prison?
(a) He escaped.
(b) He had a cab pick him up.
(c) The judge drove him home.
(d) He had to leave on foot.

7. In Book IV, Stanza 3, what does the man in the gallows wife want from his mother?
(a) A reward.
(b) To be left alone.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Her freedom.

8. In Book IV, Stanza 3, how is the man hanging from the gallows?
(a) By his neck.
(b) By his hair.
(c) By his hands.
(d) By his feet.

9. When the narrator thinks about martyrs in Book V, Stanza 3, what does he want to do?
(a) Shout.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Cry.
(d) Laugh.

10. In Book IV, Stanza 5, who does Maldoror believe the man stole his eyes from?
(a) An elderly woman.
(b) A black-haired woman.
(c) A troubled woman.
(d) A blonde woman.

11. Why does the man with webbed feet say he was trapped in a basement?
(a) Because he commited a crime.
(b) Because of his webbed feet.
(c) Because of his brother.
(d) Because he was hiding from someone.

12. In Book IV, Stanza 5, how long was the man with the stolen eyes in prison?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 15 years.

13. What does the narrator tell the reader to always do while laughing?
(a) Smile.
(b) Cry.
(c) Jump.
(d) Laugh at people.

14. What do the two women do to the man hanging from the gallows?
(a) Beat and whip him.
(b) Tar and feather him.
(c) Yell and insult him.
(d) Tar and whip him.

15. Why does Maldoror say he is most interested in young boys?
(a) Because they are easier to manipulate.
(b) Because he fears women.
(c) Because they are more fun.
(d) Because he has more in common with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book IV, Stanza 3, what does Maldoror say the women look like?

2. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say lies in these poems?

3. In Book IV, Stanza 7, why does the man have webbed hands and feet?

4. In Book V, Stanza 1, what does the narrator say he fears will happen to the reader?

5. In Book V, Stanza 6, what reason does the narrator give for not being able to write about death?

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