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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The River People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Desiderio first expect of his engagement in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) It will be long.
(b) It will be forfeited.
(c) It is not binding.
(d) It will be brief.

2. Of what heritage is Desiderio?
(a) Samoan.
(b) European.
(c) Asian.
(d) Indian.

3. Against whom does the narrator describe having fought a war in the beginning of The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?
(a) Albertina.
(b) The Count.
(c) Dr. Hoffman.
(d) Desiderio.

4. When was Angela Carter born?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1959.

5. Who is playing the piano when Desiderio arrives at the Mayor's Mansion in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) The Mayor's wife.
(d) Mary Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Desiderio find to be desolate and abandoned in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

2. What had Desiderio always felt ashamed of?

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

4. Who does Desiderio find dead in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

5. What does Desiderio's fiance not allow him to do in Chapter 3, The River People?

(see the answer key)

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