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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. What do the acrobats wrap Desiderio in before sending him away in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) A cloak.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A silk gown.
(d) A fur coat.

2. What do the acrobats do to Desiderio in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Worship him.
(b) Rape him.
(c) Murder him.
(d) Plead to him.

3. 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?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Sin.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Happiness.

4. Which man among the circus people does Desiderio befriend in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) The Alligator Man.
(b) The Centaur.
(c) The Fish Man.
(d) The Wolf Man.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the city in which Desiderio lives?

3. Who does Desiderio go to speak to about the rituals of his marriage in Chapter 3, The River People?

4. Where did Angela Carter live for the majority of her life?

5. What does the Minister develop that tests items to assign a reality to them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who introduces the novel in the Introduction? What does the narrator establish from the past?

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

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

5. How are the Acrobats of Desire described? What is their act like?

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

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

8. Who sends an Ambassador in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege? What is Desiderio's reaction?

9. How did the war against Dr. Hoffman begin, according to Desiderio? How did the Minister become involved?

10. What disguise does Desiderio don in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire? What is his reaction to the setting in this chapter?

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