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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Desiderio's Minister did not have enough what to be affected by the things Dr. Hoffman's machine created?
(a) Hormones.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Energy.
(d) Bile.

2. What does Mary Anne tell Desiderio she believes happened to her father in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) He committed suicide.
(b) He was killed by pirates.
(c) He drowned in the pool.
(d) He was assassinated.

3. What does Desiderio see inside the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) Live couples.
(b) Live serpents.
(c) Wax figures.
(d) Live rats.

4. What does the Minister develop that tests items to assign a reality to them?
(a) A dream-meter.
(b) A serum.
(c) A computer program.
(d) A headset.

5. Where did Angela Carter live for the majority of her life?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Desiderio is the son of a what?

2. When was Angela Carter born?

3. Against whom does the narrator describe having fought a war in the beginning of The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?

4. Who does the Minister hire to make sense of the chaos in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

5. What had the character Mendoza reportedly built?

(see the answer key)

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