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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 find to be desolate and abandoned in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The promenade.
(b) The local pub.
(c) The town hall.
(d) The cathedral.

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

3. How does Desiderio escape in the end of Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The bathroom window.
(b) The back door.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The chimney.

4. Whose mother led to the falling out between Mendoza and Dr. Hoffman?
(a) The Professor's.
(b) Albertina's.
(c) Desiderio's.
(d) Dr. Hoffman's.

5. What does Desiderio discover upon emerging from his hiding place in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) A great flood.
(b) A landslide.
(c) A rainbow.
(d) Snow falling.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What do the acrobats wrap Desiderio in before sending him away in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

3. What did the customers before Desiderio pay with to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

4. Who does the Count tell he can finally name his pain in Chapter 6, The Coast of Africa?

5. What is the name of the mayor's daughter?

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