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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 Flamel and Josh head to reach the Eiffel Tower?

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

3. Scathach reports her age as which of the following?

4. In which of the following years does Scathach note the Eiffel Tower was built?

5. Which of the following powers does Perenelle note her imprisoning sphinx has?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sophie struggle to remember her own phone number?

2. What reasons does Perenelle cite for being able to hear the voices of spirits while she is imprisoned at Alcatraz?

3. What atrocities does Flamel ascribe to Dee?

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

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

6. What effects does Josh suffer from the sudden flight from Sacré-Coeur?

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

8. What reason does Machiavelli note for focusing on Flamel as he and his companions flee from the Eiffel Tower?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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