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

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

3. Desiderio's Minister saved a man by doing what in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) Bombing a village.
(b) Shooting a man.
(c) Walking on water.
(d) Stopping a train.

4. What do the father and brothers of the girl in Nao-Kurai's story do?
(a) Eat the girl.
(b) Leave the village.
(c) Eat the snake.
(d) Kill the girl.

5. What persona does Desiderio take on as a disguise in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) The Professor's brother.
(b) Mendoza's nephew.
(c) The Professor's nephew.
(d) Albertina's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What knowledge did the serpent hold in Nao-Kurai's story to Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People?

2. Who is Desiderio's master in the beginning of the story?

3. Who is in a coma in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

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

5. Where does Desiderio go after leaving the Mayor's Mansion in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who does Desiderio go to for advice regarding his engagement in Chapter 3, The River People? What happens?

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

7. What realization does Desiderio reach in the end of Chapter 3, The River People? How does he escape?

8. How does Desiderio escape in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? From where does he escape?

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

10. What does Desiderio learn from the Professor in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire about the peep show?

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