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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 narrator in The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?
(a) Albertina.
(b) The Minister.
(c) Desiderio.
(d) Dr. Hoffman.

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

3. What did the group of scientists do in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) Committed suicide.
(b) All got married.
(c) Transformed into animals.
(d) Fled the city.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Desiderio's master in the beginning of the story?

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

4. How does Desiderio escape in the end of Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

5. Desiderio's Minister did not have enough what to be affected by the things Dr. Hoffman's machine created?

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