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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Desiderio find himself constantly struggling to recognize in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) His house.
(b) The sky.
(c) The streets.
(d) His face.

2. Who hails Desiderio a hero in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) Anori.
(b) Nao-Kurai.
(c) Kinu-Ai.
(d) Aoi.

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

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

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

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

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

8. How many lovers does Desiderio find himself with in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

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

11. Whose daughter is offered in Marriage to Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) Naori's.
(b) Nao-Kurai's.
(c) Aoi's.
(d) Noai's.

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

13. What is the name of the man who rescued Desiderio after his escape in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) Nao-Kurai.
(b) Inuit-Kurai.
(c) Aoi.
(d) Aoi-Nao.

14. Who raised Desiderio?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Wolves.`
(c) Monks.
(d) Gypsies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had a theory that at the moment of perfect sexual release the body produces a perfect energy?

2. Where are the acrobats from in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

3. How many acrobats join the carnival in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

4. Who is the object of the protagonist's desires in The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?

5. Where does Desiderio go to hide in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

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