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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 Albertina take Desiderio to see on the castle grounds in Chapter 8, The Castle?

2. Dr. Hoffman claims that the final room of the castle is based on whose theory in Chapter 8, The Castle?

3. Desiderio and the Count are forced to don vests and tights made of what in Chapter 5, The Erotic Traveler?

4. How does Desiderio rescue his companion in Chapter 6, The Coast of Africa?

5. When is it traditional for the pirates to get drunk in Chapter 6, The Coast of Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clothing are the Count and Desiderio given to put on in the brothel in Chapter 5, The Erotic Traveler? Where are they taken?

2. What does Albertina show Desiderio on the castle grounds in Chapter 8, The Castle? What is his reaction?

3. Who does Desiderio discover the Madam to be in Chapter 5, The Erotic Traveler? What is his reaction?

4. What is in the final "powering" room in Dr. Hoffman's laboratory? How does Dr. Hoffman explain it?

5. What do the pirates do upon boarding the ship in Chapter 6, The Coast of Africa?

6. How does the Count save his companions in Chapter 6, The Coast of Africa?

7. How are the Count and his assistant described in Chapter 5, The Erotic Traveler?

8. What does the tribal chief order done to the Count and his companions in Chapter 6, The Coast of Africa?

9. What does the Count do upon spotting a brothel in Chapter 5, The Erotic Traveler?

10. What is Desiderio's impression of Dr. Hoffman upon meeting him in Chapter 8, The Castle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of identity in Chapter 3, The River People. How does Desiderio find pride in his Indian heritage among these people? How does Carter define "the other" in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the motif of cannibalism in the narrative. What is the symbolic meaning of the examples of cannibalism in the story? How does it relate to the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the "samples" in the peep show of the Professor. What do the images in the peep show represent? How are they connected to Dr. Hoffman and his machines?

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