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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 is the novel dedicated?
2. In which of the following New York cities are the Flamels known to have been seen?
3. Which of the following coffees does Joan serve when the Newmans arrive at her home?
4. Which of the following kinds of creature does Perenelle encounter beneath Alcatraz?
5. On which page of the Codex does the recipe for the immortality potion appear?
Short Essay Questions
1. What fate does the sphinx envision for Perenelle?
2. What commentary does Josh offer as Sophie attempts to remember her own phone number?
3. When introduced, how is Dagon described?
4. What reasons does Scathach voice for separating the Newmans when they split up en route to the Eiffel Tower?
5. What path does Flamel take to reach his old residence from the Eiffel Tower?
6. In the novel, what accounts for the distinctive scents of persons’ magic?
7. What is the prophecy of the twins to which so much reference is made in the novel?
8. What reasons does Machiavelli have for jealousy of Dee?
9. How does Saint-Germain note his distraction is likely to be explained away?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the symbolism of the Newmans' names: Josh, Sophie, and Newman.
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
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?
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