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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part 2, Chapters 23-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Angier doing when Borden first saw him performing?
(a) Leading a seance.
(b) Card tricks.
(c) Performing In a Flash.
(d) Performing the New Transported Man.

2. Who was Thomas Elborne?
(a) Borden's best friend.
(b) Borden's assistant.
(c) Borden's apprentice.
(d) Borden's ingenieur.

3. The Machine used for the New Transporting Man is designed to make the audience a bit __________.
(a) Confused.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Happy.

4. What is the 'prestige' of a magic trick, according to Borden's journal?
(a) Where the product is revealed to the audience.
(b) Where the magician asks for a volunteer from the audience.
(c) The level of difficulty.
(d) When the magician explains the trick to the audience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Borden attended Angier's show in Part 4, Section 2, what did he notice about Angier's face?

2. What does Andrew suspect about himself, but has never told anyone?

3. Alfred writes that the more people are fooled, ___________________.

4. During the New Transported Man, what objects does Borden's assistant bring out to him?

5. What physical trait did the Chinese magician fake his entire life, so as not to give his trick away?

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