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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire, Desiderio finds a collection of pictures, slides, and wax figures that represent different what?
(a) Religions.
(b) Occupations.
(c) Sexual desires.
(d) Holy acts.

2. How does Desiderio discover the act of the acrobats is achieved in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Machines.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Levitation.
(d) Mirrors.

3. Desiderio discovers in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight that the peepshow proprietor was Dr. Hoffman's what?
(a) Father.
(b) Professor.
(c) Partner.
(d) Brother.

4. How much does Desiderio pay to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) A dime.
(b) A nickel.
(c) A dollar.
(d) A quarter.

5. What is Desiderio recovering from in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) A coma.
(b) A knife wound.
(c) A bullet wound.
(d) A seizure.

6. What were many of the Indians' customers aware of, which they used against them?
(a) Their alcoholism.
(b) Their illiteracy.
(c) Their cannibalism.
(d) Their marriage rites.

7. Who does the Professor say was kicked out of school in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Mendoza.
(b) Dr. Hoffman.
(c) The Minister.
(d) Albertina.

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

9. Why was the movement of commerce restricted on land in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) The drought.
(b) The flood.
(c) The volcano.
(d) The war.

10. What had Desiderio always felt ashamed of?
(a) His heritage.
(b) His poverty.
(c) His appearance.
(d) His manliness.

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

12. Who is the object of the protagonist's desires in The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?
(a) Albertina.
(b) Adolpha.
(c) Angelina.
(d) Sarah.

13. How did the Indians who took in Desiderio move commerce?
(a) In planes.
(b) By train.
(c) In buses.
(d) On the river.

14. How many acrobats join the carnival in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

15. What does Desiderio discover upon emerging from his hiding place in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) A great flood.
(b) A landslide.
(c) Snow falling.
(d) A rainbow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has gone missing in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

2. What do the acrobats give Desiderio to drink in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

3. With whom does Desiderio have a sexual encounter in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

4. What is the last thing the acrobats juggle in their act in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

5. What had the character Mendoza reportedly built?

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