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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What Chinese magician did Alfred observe?
(a) Foo Lang Chin.
(b) Foo Ling Chang.
(c) Ching Ling Foo.
(d) Chang Lang Foo.

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

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

5. How many steps to a magic trick does Borden identify?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the priest Andrew is seeking to interview known for?

2. What newspaper does Andrew work for?

3. Who was Borden's assistant prior to Olive?

4. The Machine used for the New Transporting Man is designed to make the audience a bit __________.

5. How does Borden feel about Angier's death?

(see the answer key)

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