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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. Which of the following coffees does Joan serve when the Newmans arrive at her home?

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

3. In which of the following will Dee’s flight to Paris stop to refuel?

4. At which of the following does Flamel note having been cornered by Dee?

5. At which of the following restaurants does Scathach propose reconvening if Flamel’s group gets separated?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is a tulpa defined in the novel?

3. What reasons does Machiavelli have for jealousy of Dee?

4. How does Josh recall Dee describing Flamel to him?

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

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

7. What fate does the sphinx envision for Perenelle?

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

9. What reasons does Scathach voice for doubting whether help will be available for Flamel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of novels from Scott’s The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series on the New York Times and other bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the series, as represented by the present novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Online commentaries note that the reliance of YA on teenage protagonists is, in some senses, an indictment of the adults present in YA literature. For what do the adults in The Magician deserve indictment, as indicated by the novel? How does the novel indicate the indictment is deserved?

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