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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. What do the acrobats give Desiderio to drink in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

2. What were many of the Indians' customers aware of, which they used against them?

3. Desiderio discovers in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight that the peepshow proprietor was Dr. Hoffman's what?

4. Who charges Desiderio to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who takes in Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People? What is his impression of these people?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the imagery and symbolism in the peep show and carnival scenes in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight. How do these sexual images relate to the themes of the story?

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

What led to the Count's murder of a prostitute in Louisiana? Who has been pursuing him since this event? How does this add to the conflicts in the plot?

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