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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the reader that Maldoror is a pedarist?

2. In Book V, Stanza 2, what are the balls the beetle is rolling made of?

3. In Book V, Stanza 6, how do the child's family members define Maldoror?

4. In Book V, Stanza 7, what does the spider do to Maldoror every night?

5. Who gives the child's funeral service in Book V, Stanza 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Maldoror always remember Falmer?

2. What happens at the child's funeral in Book V, Stanza 6?

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

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

5. Why does Maldoror remember being angry with Falmer?

6. What introduction to Book V does the narrator give?

7. What does the narrator reflect on in Book IV, Stanza 1?

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

9. What happened when Maldoror fell asleep on the cliff in Book IV, Stanza 6?

10. What happens when Maldoror first sees Mervyn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the theme of morality in this poem. What is Lautréamont's message? Give examples from the poem to support your statements about morality.

Essay Topic 2

What is this poem's commentary on the role of religion in the lives of people? Give examples from the poem to support your position. How could the background of the poet effect how religion is portrayed?

Essay Topic 3

Explore the poet's use of a narrator and double narration. Define narrator and double narration and discuss both the benefits and drawbacks to writing a poem with these points of view.

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