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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 is the first line of the main text of the novel?

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

3. Toward which of the following do Saint-Germain, Scathach, and the Newmans flee from the Eiffel Tower?

4. Which of the following sign languages does Flamel demonstrate knowing?

5. From which of the following is Flamel accused of stealing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Saint-Germain note his distraction is likely to be explained away?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. How does Joan note achieving immortality?

8. What distraction does Francis occasion to cover flight from the Eiffel Tower?

9. What is Josh’s complaint about Flamel’s use of the Codex?

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

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

In Chapter Thirty-two, Machiavelli releases Dagon from his service and calls him a friend. What significance inheres in the action? How does the novel show that significance?

Essay Topic 3

Scathach comments that “That is the curse of immortality: to watch the world change, to see everything you know wither” (102). Is her comment correct? That is, is it a curse? What in the novel and in experience suggests that it is so? How does it do so?

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