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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. Of which of the following does Scathach note having sung covers?
2. With which of the following does *Josh* strike the waxen attacker in Sacré-Coeur?
3. Which of the following kings does Scathach note having enthroned?
4. In which of the following years is Flamel reportedly born?
5. To which of the following do Scatty and Sophie head to reach the Eiffel Tower?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is a tulpa defined in the novel?
2. What linguistic ambitions does Sophie note to Scathach?
3. What does Machiavelli note about his most recent encounter with Scathach before the events of the novel?
4. When introduced, how is Dagon described?
5. How does Saint-Germain note his distraction is likely to be explained away?
6. What, in the novel, is the DGSE, which Machiavelli heads?
7. What reasons does Dagon give for remaining in Machiavelli’s service?
8. What reason does Scathach cite for not experiencing jet lag?
9. In the novel, what accounts for the distinctive scents of persons’ magic?
10. What competition does Machiavelli note needing to worry about in his attempts to bid for the Japanese masks at auction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Online commentaries note that the reliance of YA on teenage protagonists is, in some senses, an indictment of the adults present in YA literature. For what do the adults in The Magician deserve indictment, as indicated by the novel? How does the novel indicate the indictment is deserved?
Essay Topic 2
An epigraph is generally expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it precedes. Does the epigraph of The Magician do so for its novel? How or how not?
Essay Topic 3
To what extent can the novel be considered a Bildungsoman, a coming-of-age narrative? For which character? What in the text indicates as much, and how does it do so?
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