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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 visit before repairing to Saint-Germain’s home?

2. Which of the following does Perenelle use as an alias?

3. At which of the following national monuments does Josh note learning his fear of snakes?

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

5. To which of the following is Scathach compared after she falls into the Seine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Josh notice on the table in Saint-Germain’s attic studio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The note is made that Dagon “was the last of his kind…because [Scathach] had destroyed his entire race one terrible night two thousand years ago” (133), yet Flamel retains Scathach’s services. What accounts for the acceptance of a genocide’s perpetrator by protagonists? What in the novel supports the assertion? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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