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

2. Who does Desiderio find irresistible in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) The Count's assistant.
(b) The Minister.
(c) The Count.
(d) The Ambassador.

3. Desiderio's Minister did not have enough what to be affected by the things Dr. Hoffman's machine created?
(a) Bile.
(b) Hormones.
(c) Energy.
(d) Imagination.

4. The Minister had told Desiderio that Mendoza traveled with what?
(a) A band of gypsies.
(b) A tribe of shamans.
(c) A lounge act.
(d) A carnival.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is it arranged for Desiderio to stay in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

2. What did the group of scientists do in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

3. With whom does Desiderio have a sexual encounter in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

4. Of what heritage is Desiderio?

5. Against whom does the narrator describe having fought a war in the beginning of The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?

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