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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 *Josh* able to see from his room at Saint-Germain’s home?

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

3. Which of the following adages does Perenelle quote to de Ayala?

4. Which of the following makes of car does Joan own?

5. In which of the following countries does Flamel report having found Clarent?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why, per Perenelle, do most ghosts lack feet?

6. How are the Catacombs of Paris explained?

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

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

9. What cover story is advanced for Nidhogg’s rampage through Paris?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Machiavelli notes that Dee “Always has to have the last word” (89), referring to his habit of ending phone calls without closure. What is indicated about Dee by such action? How does the novel support the indication?

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of novels from Scott’s The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series on the New York Times and other bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the series, as represented by the present novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

At several points in the novel, the online game World of Warcraft is mentioned by name. What purpose might the repeated reference serve? What in the novel and its contexts, and in experience, suggests that purpose? How does it do so?

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