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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Desiderio find Nao-Kurai drunk and talkative before the wedding in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) In the city hall.
(b) The deck of the barge.
(c) The woods.
(d) Inside a pub.

2. Where was Desiderio raised?
(a) A castle.
(b) A commune.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) A farm.

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

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

5. What had the character Mendoza reportedly built?
(a) A rocket.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A submarine.
(d) A time machine.

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

7. What is the name of the mayor's daughter?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Mary Anne.

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

9. What were many of the Indians' customers aware of, which they used against them?
(a) Their illiteracy.
(b) Their cannibalism.
(c) Their marriage rites.
(d) Their alcoholism.

10. The Professor tells Desiderio in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire that the peep show objects were created by whom?
(a) Dr. Hoffman.
(b) Mendoza.
(c) Himself.
(d) Albertina.

11. Who does Desiderio go to speak to about the rituals of his marriage in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) Naori.
(b) Nao-Kurai's mother.
(c) Aoi.
(d) Nao-Kurai.

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

13. Who pursues Desiderio in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The Determination Police.
(b) The River People.
(c) Dr. Hoffman.
(d) Albertina.

14. What do the acrobats wrap Desiderio in before sending him away in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) A silk gown.
(b) A cloak.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A fur coat.

15. What short story of Angela Carter's was adapted to a 1984 film?
(a) Shadow Dance.
(b) Company of Wolves.
(c) The Magic Toyshop.
(d) Several Peceptions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is in a coma in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

3. Whose mother led to the falling out between Mendoza and Dr. Hoffman?

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

5. What does Desiderio find himself constantly struggling to recognize in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

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