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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 Boston churches does Sophie recall having been?
2. In which of the following years is Flamel reportedly born?
3. Which of the following gemstones does Flamel make via the Codex?
4. Which of the following is the number of alarms Flamel sets off in Sacré-Coeur?
5. Which of the following kings does Scathach note having enthroned?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Machiavelli have for jealousy of Dee?
2. What is the prophecy of the twins to which so much reference is made in the novel?
3. What linguistic ambitions does Sophie note to Scathach?
4. What effects does Josh suffer from the sudden flight from Sacré-Coeur?
5. Why does Sophie struggle to remember her own phone number?
6. In the novel, what accounts for the distinctive scents of persons’ magic?
7. Flamel expresses confusion that Sacré-Coeur is closed when he, Scathach, and the Newman twins arrive there. What reason does Sophie note for the closure?
8. What does Machiavelli note about his most recent encounter with Scathach before the events of the novel?
9. What competition does Machiavelli note needing to worry about in his attempts to bid for the Japanese masks at auction?
10. How, per Flamel, do Dee and those he serves see humans?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Scathach comments that “That is the curse of immortality: to watch the world change, to see everything you know wither” (102). Is her comment correct? That is, is it a curse? What in the novel and in experience suggests that it is so? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
At the beginning of Chapter Thirty-eight, Josh realizes that Clarent gives its wielder knowledge of what it cuts, citing that transmission as the reason some fear to wield it (321-22). Clarent is identified as a cursed blade, implying that such transmission is undesirable, and Josh identifies that transmission as a temptation to its use. How is such a thing a curse? What in the novel suggests that it is one? How does it suggest such?
Essay Topic 3
What purpose is served by the prefatory note, ostensibly coming from Flamel’s notes? What function does it serve for the text? What in the novel supports that purpose and function? How does it do so?
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