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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes in Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People?

2. What short story of Angela Carter's was adapted to a 1984 film?

3. Where does Desiderio find Nao-Kurai drunk and talkative before the wedding in Chapter 3, The River People?

4. What is the name of the mayor's daughter?

5. What did not really exist, according to Desiderio's Minister in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe depiction of women in The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman. How do these women represent feminist themes?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of the Professor in the narrative. How does Desiderio meet him? What does he learn from the Professor? What is the Professor's job?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Desiderio's sexual relationships in Chapter 3, The River People. How do Aoi and her grandmother fit into the novel's themes? How do they represent female gender roles?

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