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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did not really exist, according to Desiderio's Minister in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) Desiderio.
(b) The house.
(c) The world.
(d) The boat.

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

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

4. What does Desiderio find to be desolate and abandoned in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The town hall.
(b) The cathedral.
(c) The promenade.
(d) The local pub.

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) Mary Anne.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) The Mayor's wife.

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

7. Mendoza was Dr. Hoffman's what in college?
(a) Student.
(b) Research partner.
(c) Fraternity brother.
(d) Professor.

8. What is the last thing the acrobats juggle in their act in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Kittens.
(b) Their eyes.
(c) Swords.
(d) Their feet.

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

10. How many acrobats join the carnival in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

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

12. What did the customers before Desiderio pay with to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) Dollar bills.
(b) Quarters.
(c) Trash.
(d) Coupons.

13. Desiderio discovers in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight that the peepshow proprietor was Dr. Hoffman's what?
(a) Professor.
(b) Brother.
(c) Partner.
(d) Father.

14. Who is Desiderio's master in the beginning of the story?
(a) The Count.
(b) The Professor.
(c) The Minister of Determination.
(d) Doctor Hoffman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Indians who took in Desiderio move commerce?

2. Who raised Desiderio?

3. How many lovers does Desiderio find himself with in Chapter 3, The River People?

4. Who is offered in marriage to Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People?

5. With whom does Desiderio have a sexual encounter in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

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