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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Part 2, Chapters 32-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alfred state his memoir is meant to be an autobiography of?
(a) His secrets.
(b) Himself.
(c) His childhood.
(d) His dreams.

2. What was the only trick of Borden's that Angier did not attack?
(a) The Disappearing Magician.
(b) In a Flash.
(c) The Headless Magician.
(d) The New Transported Man.

3. How does Borden think Angier accomplishes his illusion that is similar to Borden's?
(a) Borden cannot figure it out.
(b) Borden believes Angier uses a double.
(c) Borden thinks Angier has a secret tunnel dug under the auditorium.
(d) Borden believes Angier has the same secret Borden does.

4. During the New Transported Man, what objects does Borden's assistant bring out to him?
(a) Two mirrors & a cabinet.
(b) Two cabinets & a mirror.
(c) Two chairs & a cabinet.
(d) Two brown gauntlets & a cabinet.

5. What was Angier doing when he died?
(a) Driving home from a magic show.
(b) Participating as a volunteer in another magician's show.
(c) Performing his most famous trick.
(d) Having dinner at home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Borden feel about the object he finds beneath the stage at Angier's show in Section 5, Part 2?

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

4. How does Borden get backstage as one of Angier's shows in Section 5, Part 2?

5. How did Borden begin in the magic world?

(see the answer key)

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