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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 playing the piano when Desiderio arrives at the Mayor's Mansion in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The Mayor's wife.
(b) Mary Anne.
(c) The Mayor.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. 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) Happiness.
(b) Corruption.
(c) Sin.
(d) Sorrow.

3. What aspect of the wedding does Desiderio begin to get suspicious of in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) The feast.
(b) The marriage rite.
(c) The conversion.
(d) The baptism.

4. 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) Albertina.
(c) Dr. Hoffman.
(d) Desiderio.

5. How does Desiderio escape in the end of Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The chimney.
(b) The back door.
(c) The bathroom window.
(d) The cellar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the girl offered in marriage to Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People?

2. Which man among the circus people does Desiderio befriend in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

3. Who is the narrator in The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?

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

5. Where does Desiderio go after talking with the peep show proprietor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why have the villagers invited the carnival to their town at the last stop in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire? What does Desiderio do there?

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

4. What leads to Desiderio's being hailed a hero among the River People?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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