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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the father and brothers of the girl in Nao-Kurai's story do?
(a) Leave the village.
(b) Eat the girl.
(c) Kill the girl.
(d) Eat the snake.

3. What do the acrobats do to Desiderio in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Plead to him.
(b) Murder him.
(c) Rape him.
(d) Worship him.

4. What does Desiderio discover upon emerging from his hiding place in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) A great flood.
(b) A rainbow.
(c) Snow falling.
(d) A landslide.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Desiderio first expect of his engagement in Chapter 3, The River People?

2. Where do the acrobats invite Desiderio after their act in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

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

4. What does Desiderio do which earns him the title of hero among the River People?

5. What does the man who had rescued Desiderio ask him to teach him in Chapter 3, The River People?

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