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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. On which make of car does Josh note having learned to drive?

2. Which of the following is the color of the Sleeping God’s aura?

3. At which of the following universities does Sophie’s father give an annual guest lecture?

4. Which of the following secondary weapons does one of the Disir carry?

5. Which of the following senses does the Sleeping God enhance in Josh first?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What reason does Flamel note for assigning Clarent to Josh?

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

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

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

Explicate the symbolism of the Newmans' names: Josh, Sophie, and Newman.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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