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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 Saint-Germain give as a gift to Josh?

2. Which of the following epithets corresponds to Clarent?

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

4. Which of the following is noted as the approximate extent of the Catacombs of Paris?

5. Which of the following does the specter of de Ayala wear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How are the Catacombs of Paris explained?

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

Sophie and Josh are presented as deuteragonists in the novel. Which of them is, in fact, the primary character? What in the text and its contexts suggests that s/he is? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Repeatedly in the novel, Machiavelli and Dee both acknowledge that they serve “Dark Elders.” What narrative effect does the characters’ acknowledgement of such “dark” allegiance have? What in the text supports that effect? How does it do so?

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