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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 does Desiderio find to be desolate and abandoned in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

2. Of what heritage is Desiderio?

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?

4. What does Desiderio find in the purse given to him by the acrobats in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

5. What do the acrobats wrap Desiderio in before sending him away in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the characters of the Count and Lafleur in the narrative. What is Desiderio's impression of each of these men? How does he meet them?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the central character in the story, Desiderio. What is notable about Desiderio's heritage? What happened to his parents?

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