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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 does Flamel report having retrieved from his old home?

2. At which of the following places does Perenelle note having last encountered Areop-Enap?

3. At which of the following universities do the Newmans’ parents teach?

4. Which of the following does Flamel note is Dee’s predecessor?

5. Which of the following does Flamel drink upon arriving at Saint-Germain’s home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, per Perenelle, does de Ayala find no bones when spiders consume homunculi?

2. What justification does Sophie offer for her trust of Flamel and his associates?

3. Why, per Areop-Enap, does Dee not kill the Old Spider?

4. Why does de Ayala note Alcatraz prisoners had not been able to escape by the way Dee brought his hidden prisoner to the island?

5. What does Saint-Germain note is the most dangerous form of immortality, and why?

6. Why, per Perenelle, does Dee capture Areop-Enap?

7. What reasons does Saint-Germain suggest the Witch of Endor has for disliking him?

8. In what circumstances does Saint-Germain note having started a romantic relationship with Joan?

9. What is the ultimate fate of Nidhogg in the novel?

10. What does Flamel note as the first secret of the Codex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the following passage:

“Those are just names,” Scathach muttered, sounding embarrassed.

“They sound like more than names,” Sophie pressed. “They sound like titles…titles you’ve earned?” she persisted.

“Well, I’ve had lots of names,” Scathach said, “names my friends gave me, named my foes called me” (100).

What is the difference between a name and a title? What in the novel and in experience support the distinction? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of Chapter Thirty-eight, Josh realizes that Clarent gives its wielder knowledge of what it cuts, citing that transmission as the reason some fear to wield it (321-22). Clarent is identified as a cursed blade, implying that such transmission is undesirable, and Josh identifies that transmission as a temptation to its use. How is such a thing a curse? What in the novel suggests that it is one? How does it suggest such?

Essay Topic 3

Notably, the third primary division of the text—Monday, 4th June—has but one chapter. What effect does the compression have on the contents of the division? How is that effect produced?

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