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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. From which of the following is Flamel accused of stealing?
2. Which of the following coffees does Joan serve when the Newmans arrive at her home?
3. Which of the following takes Sophie from Josh as they leave Sacré-Coeur?
4. Which of the following is the effective span of a dose of Flamel’s immortality potion?
5. In which of the following does Joan report having wedded Saint-Germain?
Short Essay Questions
1. What fate does the sphinx envision for Perenelle?
2. How does Josh recall Dee describing Flamel to him?
3. How is a tulpa defined in the novel?
4. What linguistic ambitions does Sophie note to Scathach?
5. How does Flamel define leygates to Josh?
6. What reasons does Scathach voice for separating the Newmans when they split up en route to the Eiffel Tower?
7. What is Josh’s complaint about Flamel’s use of the Codex?
8. What do the Newmans see when they arrive at Saint-Germain’s home?
9. What distraction does Francis occasion to cover flight from the Eiffel Tower?
10. Why does Sophie struggle to remember her own phone number?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Flamel remarks upon Dee’s deceits, noting that “the best lie is one that is wrapped around a core of truth” (109). Is his comment correct? That is, is fact at the root of effective deceit? What in the novel and in experience indicates as much, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
Sophie and Josh are presented as deuteragonists in the novel. Which of them is, in fact, the primary character? What in the text and its contexts suggests that s/he is? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
The comment is made that Saint-Germain’s immortality, achieved through his own efforts and requiring no renewal, is particularly vexing to other immortals. What reason does the novel suggest for that vexation, and how does it do so?
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