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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does *Josh* strike the waxen attacker in Sacré-Coeur?
(a) Cricket bat.
(b) Nunchaku.
(c) Candlestick.
(d) Chair.

2. Which of the following sobriquets does Flamel assign to Richelieu?
(a) The Black Death.
(b) The Red Ambassador.
(c) The White Prophet.
(d) The Red Eminence.

3. Which of the following kings does Scathach note having enthroned?
(a) Charlemagne.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Hroðgar.
(d) Kong.

4. At which of the following does Flamel note having been cornered by Dee?
(a) Pont au Change.
(b) Pont Neuf.
(c) Pont des Arts.
(d) Pont Marie.

5. In which of the following years were the Flamels first noted in North America?
(a) 1851.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1751.

Short Answer Questions

1. The novel translates the term “brouillard” as which of the following?

2. In which of the following mythical regions does Scathach note having spent time?

3. To which of the following is Sophie compared?

4. Which of the following does the author note in the dedication?

5. At which of the following prices does bidding for the Japanese masks begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What distraction does Francis occasion to cover flight from the Eiffel Tower?

2. What competition does Machiavelli note needing to worry about in his attempts to bid for the Japanese masks at auction?

3. How does Saint-Germain note his distraction is likely to be explained away?

4. What linguistic ambitions does Sophie note to Scathach?

5. How does the novel articulate the difference between a tulpa and a golem?

6. How does Joan note achieving immortality?

7. What, in the novel, is the DGSE, which Machiavelli heads?

8. What atrocities does Flamel ascribe to Dee?

9. What reasons does Roux consider for thinking Flamel’s group strange and dangerous?

10. What reasons does Machiavelli have for jealousy of Dee?

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