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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 *Sophie* able to see from her room at Saint-Germain’s home?

2. Which of the following places does Areop-Enap last remember being before imprisonment?

3. When does Saint-Germain note having met Joan?

4. Which of the following kinds of creature does Perenelle encounter beneath Alcatraz?

5. Which of the following appears on the manhole cover where Machiavelli, Dee, and Josh descend into the sewers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the damage Clarent inflicts on Nidhogg?

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

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

4. Why does Saint-Germain note Sophie will likely be his only student?

5. How are the Disir described when Machiavelli and Dee initially meet with them?

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

7. What plans had Sophie had for her year that have now been overset by her entry into the occult world?

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

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

10. What swords does Flamel identify as having been names for the “four great swords of power” (203)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flamel remarks upon Dee’s deceits, noting that “the best lie is one that is wrapped around a core of truth” (109). Is his comment correct? That is, is fact at the root of effective deceit? What in the novel and in experience indicates as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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