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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the customers before Desiderio pay with to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) Coupons.
(b) Quarters.
(c) Dollar bills.
(d) Trash.

2. Who is the object of the protagonist's desires in The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?
(a) Albertina.
(b) Adolpha.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Angelina.

3. With whom does Desiderio have a sexual encounter in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The Mayor's housekeeper.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) Angelina.
(d) Mary Anne.

4. Who does Desiderio find in darkness in the Mayor's Mansion in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) Dr. Hoffman.
(b) The Minister.
(c) The housekeeper.
(d) The Mayor.

5. What occurs on a daily basis in Desiderio's city?
(a) Murders.
(b) Inaugurations.
(c) Balloon launches.
(d) Rochet launches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raised Desiderio?

2. What short story of Angela Carter's was adapted to a 1984 film?

3. Who does the Minister hire to make sense of the chaos in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

4. Where was Desiderio raised?

5. What did not really exist, according to Desiderio's Minister in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

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