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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Coast of Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where are Desiderio and the Count taken to meet the tribal chief in Chapter 6, The Coast of Africa?
(a) The hills.
(b) The shore.
(c) The temple.
(d) The river.

3. The people of the last village where the circus stops appear to have invited the carnival to their village to prove themselves impervious to what?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Corruption.
(c) Sin.
(d) Happiness.

4. What had the character Mendoza reportedly built?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A rocket.
(c) A submarine.
(d) A time machine.

5. How is the village described where the circus comes at the end of their season in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Poverty-ridden.
(b) Religious.
(c) Exuberant.
(d) Corrupt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who charges Desiderio to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

2. In Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire, Desiderio finds a collection of pictures, slides, and wax figures that represent different what?

3. Where does Desiderio go after talking with the peep show proprietor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

4. Who pursues Desiderio in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

5. Who had a theory that at the moment of perfect sexual release the body produces a perfect energy?

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