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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 kinds of business does Flamel find occupying what had been his home?

2. Toward which of the following does Flamel flee from the Eiffel Tower?

3. Which of the following *Boulevards* does Machiavelli establish as a boundary for the search for Flamel’s group after they flee from Sacré-Coeur?

4. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What cover story does Machiavelli purpose to spread if he captures Flamel’s group at Sacré-Coeur?

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

3. What atrocities does Flamel ascribe to Dee?

4. What path does Flamel take to reach his old residence from the Eiffel Tower?

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

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

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

8. How do Saint-Germain and Scathach greet one another?

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

10. When introduced, how is Dagon described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, comments are made about Machiavelli’s physical exhaustion, particularly in comparison to others’ lack of fatigue. What is signified by his relative physical weakness? How is it signified?

Essay Topic 3

An epigraph is generally expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it precedes. Does the epigraph of The Magician do so for its novel? How or how not?

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