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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Erotic Traveler.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the city in which Desiderio lives?
(a) North America.
(b) South America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Asia.

2. Who does the Minister hire to make sense of the chaos in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Investment bankers.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Private detectives.

3. What were many of the Indians' customers aware of, which they used against them?
(a) Their alcoholism.
(b) Their marriage rites.
(c) Their illiteracy.
(d) Their cannibalism.

4. What short story of Angela Carter's was adapted to a 1984 film?
(a) The Magic Toyshop.
(b) Shadow Dance.
(c) Company of Wolves.
(d) Several Peceptions.

5. Why was the movement of commerce restricted on land in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) The flood.
(b) The volcano.
(c) The war.
(d) The drought.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Count force into a sexual liaison after breakfast in Chapter 5, The Erotic Traveler?

2. The older and larger man who offered Desiderio a ride in Chapter 5, The Erotic Traveler introduced himself as a Count from where?

3. How old is the girl offered in marriage to Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People?

4. Who does Desiderio find irresistible in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

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

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