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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 Desiderio discover the act of the acrobats is achieved in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Mirrors.
(b) Levitation.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Machines.

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

3. What had Desiderio always felt ashamed of?
(a) His manliness.
(b) His heritage.
(c) His appearance.
(d) His poverty.

4. In Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire, Desiderio finds a collection of pictures, slides, and wax figures that represent different what?
(a) Occupations.
(b) Religions.
(c) Holy acts.
(d) Sexual desires.

5. Who had a theory that at the moment of perfect sexual release the body produces a perfect energy?
(a) The Professor.
(b) Desiderio.
(c) Mendoza.
(d) Dr. Hoffman.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university did Angela Brown teach in Rhode Island?

2. Who hails Desiderio a hero in Chapter 3, The River People?

3. What occurs on a daily basis in Desiderio's city?

4. Who is in a coma in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

5. The Professor tells Desiderio in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire that the peep show objects were created by whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Desiderio's fugitive status in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? What foreshadowing is in this chapter?

2. What do the Acrobats of Desire do to Desiderio after taking him to their caravan?

3. Why have the villagers invited the carnival to their town at the last stop in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire? What does Desiderio do there?

4. Where does Desiderio go after talking with the Professor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? Why? Where does he stay?

5. What does Desiderio learn of Mendoza in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

6. Where does Desiderio go after leaving the Acrobats of Desire? What does he find in the purse?

7. What does Desiderio expect of his engagement in Chapter 3, The River People? What reality does he find?

8. Who takes in Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People? What is his impression of these people?

9. Who does Desiderio find floating in the river in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? What discovery does this lead to?

10. Who does Desiderio go to for advice regarding his engagement in Chapter 3, The River People? What happens?

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