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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. To which of the following do Scatty and Sophie head to reach the Eiffel Tower?

2. Which of the following does Perenelle note as Dee’s “one great failing” (38)?

3. Which of the following is the number of alarms Flamel sets off in Sacré-Coeur?

4. To which of the following do Flamel and Josh head to reach the Eiffel Tower?

5. On which page of the Codex does the recipe for transmutation appear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Machiavelli note about his most recent encounter with Scathach before the events of the novel?

3. What is the prophecy of the twins to which so much reference is made in the novel?

4. In the novel, what accounts for the distinctive scents of persons’ magic?

5. How, per Flamel, do Dee and those he serves see humans?

6. Why does Flamel note it is good that Machiavelli has deployed multiple police forces to search for him?

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

8. 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?

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

10. How does Scathach explain her sobriquet “Shadow” (100)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Repeatedly in the novel, Machiavelli and Dee both acknowledge that they serve “Dark Elders.” What narrative effect does the characters’ acknowledgement of such “dark” allegiance have? What in the text supports that effect? 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

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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