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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 charges Desiderio to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) A centaur.
(b) A blind man.
(c) A small boy.
(d) A dwarf.

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

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

4. When was The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman first published?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1972.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Angela Carter live for the majority of her life?

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

3. What does the Minister develop that tests items to assign a reality to them?

4. Desiderio's Minister saved a man by doing what in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

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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