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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Minister hire to make sense of the chaos in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Investment bankers.
(d) Private detectives.

2. Who is in a coma in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) Dr. Hoffman.
(d) Albertina.

3. Who does Desiderio find irresistible in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) The Count.
(b) The Minister.
(c) The Ambassador.
(d) The Count's assistant.

4. What aspect of the wedding does Desiderio begin to get suspicious of in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) The baptism.
(b) The marriage rite.
(c) The feast.
(d) The conversion.

5. The Professor tells Desiderio in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire that the peep show objects were created by whom?
(a) Dr. Hoffman.
(b) Himself.
(c) Albertina.
(d) Mendoza.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What occurs on a daily basis in Desiderio's city?

3. Who does Desiderio go to speak to about the rituals of his marriage in Chapter 3, The River People?

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

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

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