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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9: Part 4 (pages 202-225).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the head of the traveling magic show in 1972 write Alfred a letter of introduction to?
(a) Ching Ling Foo.
(b) Rupert Angier.
(c) John Henry Anderson.
(d) Mr. Nevil Maskelyne.

2. How does Borden get backstage as one of Angier's shows in Section 5, Part 2?
(a) He causes a large scene with a stagehand and is let backstage to quiet the scene.
(b) He pretends to be a stagehand and walks backstate without a problem.
(c) He pays one of the stagehands to let him in a backdoor.
(d) He attends as an audience member and sneaks backstage.

3. After Angier's father died, who took over his estate?
(a) Angier's uncle.
(b) Angie's older brother
(c) Angier himself.
(d) Angier's mother.

4. What is Julia Fensell and Angier's original relationship?
(a) They begin dating.
(b) They become best friends.
(c) They hate each other.
(d) They begin working together.

5. What was Angier's most famous magic trick called?
(a) The Headless Man.
(b) The disappearing Man.
(c) In a Flash.
(d) In a Jiffy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Angier vows to perform Borden's illusion even better than Borden within ___________ of his return from America.

2. The climax of the Chinese magician's show was producing a(n) _______________ from nowhere.

3. Whose traveling magic show did a young Alfred attend night after night in 1872, hoping to discover the secret to a trick?

4. What does Angier discover from personal research about Borden prior to Angier's American tour?

5. What did Borden plan to do if he did not figure out Angier's illusion by the deadline he gave himself?

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