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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. How many lovers does Desiderio find himself with in Chapter 3, The River People?
2. What occurs on a daily basis in Desiderio's city?
3. Against whom does the narrator describe having fought a war in the beginning of The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?
4. Whose mother led to the falling out between Mendoza and Dr. Hoffman?
5. Whose daughter is offered in Marriage to Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Desiderio describe the effects of Dr. Hoffman's machines in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
2. What realization does Desiderio reach in the end of Chapter 3, The River People? How does he escape?
3. What story does Nao-Kurai tell Desiderio before the wedding in Chapter 3, The River People?
4. Where does Desiderio go after talking with the Professor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? Why? Where does he stay?
5. How are the Acrobats of Desire described? What is their act like?
6. Who sends an Ambassador in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege? What is Desiderio's reaction?
7. 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?
8. What does Desiderio pay the peep show proprietor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? What does he see inside?
9. What does the Minister do in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege to fight the machines?
10. Where does Desiderio go in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? What is he investigating? What does he find there?
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 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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