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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Part 4 (pages 155-182).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Clive Borden's son?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Nicholas.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Rupert.

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

4. What physical trait did the Chinese magician fake his entire life, so as not to give his trick away?
(a) A slow shuffling gait.
(b) Blindness.
(c) Deafness.
(d) A deformed hand.

5. How did Borden begin in the magic world?
(a) By making up his own tricks and performing for free in a local pub.
(b) By learning magic from a private tutor.
(c) By building cabinets for other magicians and assisting them on stage.
(d) By performing on a street corner and accepting people's spare change.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Olive confess to Borden that she originally came to him for?

2. What does the narrator of Section 6, Part 3 focus on?

3. What does the person who contacted Andrew's paper about the church say Andrew's name was when he was a little boy?

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

5. At what age did Borden begin performing alone on stage?

(see the answer key)

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