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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who raised Desiderio?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Wolves.`
(c) Monks.
(d) Gypsies.

2. Desiderio is the son of a what?
(a) Witch.
(b) Heiress.
(c) Prostitute.
(d) Queen.

3. At what university did Angela Brown teach in Rhode Island?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Pepperdine University.
(d) Brown University.

4. Desiderio's Minister did not have enough what to be affected by the things Dr. Hoffman's machine created?
(a) Hormones.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Energy.
(d) Bile.

5. Who charges Desiderio to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) A blind man.
(b) A centaur.
(c) A small boy.
(d) A dwarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the object of the protagonist's desires in The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?

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

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

4. What does Desiderio find himself constantly struggling to recognize in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

5. Where did Angela Carter live for the majority of her life?

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