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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. In which of the following makes of car does Machiavelli arrive at the Eiffel Tower?

2. In which of the following New York cities are the Flamels known to have been seen?

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

4. In which of the following does the Witch of Endor reportedly have a shop?

5. Which of the following diminutives is used for Perenelle’s name in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Dagon give for remaining in Machiavelli’s service?

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

3. When introduced, how is Dagon described?

4. What atrocities does Flamel ascribe to Dee?

5. What do the Newmans see when they arrive at Saint-Germain’s home?

6. What path does Flamel take to reach his old residence from the Eiffel Tower?

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

8. How does Joan note achieving immortality?

9. What commentary does Josh offer as Sophie attempts to remember her own phone number?

10. What reason does Scathach cite for not experiencing jet lag?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The note is made that Dagon “was the last of his kind…because [Scathach] had destroyed his entire race one terrible night two thousand years ago” (133), yet Flamel retains Scathach’s services. What accounts for the acceptance of a genocide’s perpetrator by protagonists? What in the novel supports the assertion? How does it do so?

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

At several points in the novel, the online game World of Warcraft is mentioned by name. What purpose might the repeated reference serve? What in the novel and its contexts, and in experience, suggests that purpose? How does it do so?

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