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

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

3. 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 local pub.
(d) The promenade.

4. What does the Minister develop that tests items to assign a reality to them?
(a) A serum.
(b) A headset.
(c) A dream-meter.
(d) A computer program.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of the wedding does Desiderio begin to get suspicious of in Chapter 3, The River People?

2. Who raised Desiderio?

3. Where does Desiderio go in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

4. What does Desiderio's fiance begin doing after the engagement in Chapter 3, The River People?

5. At what university did Angela Brown teach in Rhode Island?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the chief means of commerce for the River People?

3. Who raised Desiderio? How did his heritage shape his character?

4. What does Desiderio learn from the peep show proprietor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

5. How does Desiderio describe the effects of Dr. Hoffman's machines in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

6. What does the Minister do in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege to fight the machines?

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

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

9. Where does Desiderio go in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? What is he investigating? What does he find there?

10. What does Desiderio expect of his engagement in Chapter 3, The River People? What reality does he find?

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