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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the boy in Book II, Stanza 6, after Maldoror talks with him about heaven?
(a) The boy laughs at Maldoror.
(b) The boy begins to cry.
(c) The boy runs away.
(d) The boy catches a fever.

2. When God passes out on earth, how do the animals react?
(a) They bow down to him.
(b) They kick him.
(c) The ignore him.
(d) They curse him.

3. What stops the narrator from writing in Book II, Stanza 2?
(a) Maldoror.
(b) A supernatural force.
(c) His wife.
(d) He is tired.

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

5. In Book II, Stanza 12, what does Maldoror say he realized about praying as a child?
(a) It was just a way to stay calm.
(b) He couldn't remember them.
(c) It could be of no use.
(d) He was only following orders.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maldoror define the suffering God creates in Book II, Stanza 3?

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

3. In Book II, Stanza 12, what example of God's malice does Maldoror examine?

4. What did Maldoror do to the mad woman's daughter before sending a bulldog to kill the girl?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Maldoror's childhood deafness cured?

2. What does Maldoror say about the ten-year old girl who used to follow him?

3. Why does Maldoror tell men to stop worshiping an insect god?

4. Why does Maldoror feel the ocean is superior to humanity?

5. What happens to God when He passes out drunk on earth?

6. What does Maldoror predict about his death in Book I, Stanza 10?

7. What does the narrator say in Book I, Stanza 14?

8. What does Maldoror do after watching the family eat dinner in Book I, Stanza 11?

9. What does the narrator warn the reader about before Maldoror's story begins?

10. What does Maldoror do when the bulldog he sends to kill the mad woman's daughter doesn't kill her?

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