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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. 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 VI, Stanza 2, why does Maldoror want to leave humanity?
(a) Because he loves nature.
(b) Because he is tired of civilization.
(c) Because he hates people.
(d) Because he is bored.

3. What vision begins the narrators rant in Book IV, Stanza 2?
(a) Two towers.
(b) Two cabins.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A winding road.

4. In Book IV, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror find in his armpit?
(a) A bird's nest.
(b) A rock.
(c) An ant colony.
(d) A toad.

5. What does the narrator assume about the vulture in Book V, Stanza 2?
(a) That he is the beetle's brother.
(b) That he is a spy.
(c) That he is an angel.
(d) That he used to be the woman's lover.

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 4, what is the spirit trying to do to the narrator's soul?

3. What does the man with webbed feet say he wanted to do when he escaped the basement?

4. How does Maldoror describe his physical appearance in Book V, Stanza 5?

5. In Book IV, Stanza 6, what animal does Maldoror say he turned into in his dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Book VI, Stanza 4, what does Maldoror learn from listening in at Mervyn's door?

2. How are the beetle and the man-pelican related?

3. Who is Elsseneur?

4. In Book IV, Stanza 2, what is Maldoror's conflict with humanity?

5. In Book V, Stanza 3, how does the narrator describe people's relationship to death?

6. In Book V, Stanza 7, how does Maldoror react to the spider's nightly visits?

7. What happened to Maldoror in Book IV, Stanza 4?

8. What happens when Maldoror sees the man hanging from the gallows?

9. Why is Maldoror still alive in Book IV, Stanza 4?

10. What happens when Maldoror first sees Mervyn?

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