View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What had Desiderio always felt ashamed of?
(a) His poverty.
(b) His heritage.
(c) His appearance.
(d) His manliness.

3. Whose mother led to the falling out between Mendoza and Dr. Hoffman?
(a) The Professor's.
(b) Desiderio's.
(c) Albertina's.
(d) Dr. Hoffman's.

4. Where are the acrobats from in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Spain.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Egypt.

5. Who had a theory that at the moment of perfect sexual release the body produces a perfect energy?
(a) Desiderio.
(b) Mendoza.
(c) Dr. Hoffman.
(d) The Professor.

6. Where does Desiderio go to hide in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) A cave.
(b) A basement.
(c) A treehouse.
(d) A bathroom.

7. With whom does Desiderio take refuge in the end of Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) The Count.
(b) Albertina.
(c) Lafleur.
(d) The Professor.

8. How old is the girl offered in marriage to Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) 9.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

9. Who does the Professor say was kicked out of school in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Albertina.
(b) Dr. Hoffman.
(c) The Minister.
(d) Mendoza.

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

11. How is the village described where the circus comes at the end of their season in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Poverty-ridden.
(b) Corrupt.
(c) Religious.
(d) Exuberant.

12. Where was a city meeting held in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) A skyscraper.
(b) A boat.
(c) The town hall.
(d) A cave.

13. Desiderio is the son of a what?
(a) Witch.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Queen.
(d) Heiress.

14. Why was the movement of commerce restricted on land in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) The war.
(b) The flood.
(c) The drought.
(d) The volcano.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which among the females in the circus did Desiderio befriend in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

2. The people of the last village where the circus stops appear to have invited the carnival to their village to prove themselves impervious to what?

3. Where does Desiderio go after leaving the Mayor's Mansion in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

4. What did the customers before Desiderio pay with to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

5. Who is the narrator in The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 409 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample