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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Desiderio pay to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) A nickel.
(b) A dime.
(c) A dollar.
(d) A quarter.

2. What does Desiderio first expect of his engagement in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) It will be brief.
(b) It is not binding.
(c) It will be forfeited.
(d) It will be long.

3. Against whom does the narrator describe having fought a war in the beginning of The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?
(a) The Count.
(b) Dr. Hoffman.
(c) Albertina.
(d) Desiderio.

4. What do the acrobats give Desiderio to drink in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Water.
(d) Whiskey.

5. Of what heritage is Desiderio?
(a) Indian.
(b) European.
(c) Samoan.
(d) Asian.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Angela Carter born?

2. What does Desiderio buy the peep show proprietor after his viewing in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

3. Where is the city in which Desiderio lives?

4. Desiderio is the son of a what?

5. The Minister had told Desiderio that Mendoza traveled with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What "hallucination" does Desiderio experience in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

2. Who is not seemingly affected by Dr. Hoffman's machines in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

3. What leads to Desiderio's fugitive status in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? What foreshadowing is in this chapter?

4. What does Desiderio learn of Mendoza in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

5. What does Desiderio pay the peep show proprietor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? What does he see inside?

6. Who takes in Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People? What is his impression of these people?

7. What do the Acrobats of Desire do to Desiderio after taking him to their caravan?

8. What story does Nao-Kurai tell Desiderio before the wedding in Chapter 3, The River People?

9. Where does Desiderio go after talking with the Professor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? Why? Where does he stay?

10. Where is the city in which Desiderio lives? How is it described?

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