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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 does Angier initially think Borden is the first time he sees him?
(a) A magician's assistant.
(b) A spiritual leader.
(c) A reporter.
(d) A criminal.

2. Whose name is on the book Andrew receives as a package?
(a) Alfred Borden.
(b) Nikola Tesla.
(c) Rupert Angier.
(d) Andrew.

3. At the end of Section 2, Alfred states he will not reveal his secret so long as what?
(a) Rupert Angier is still alive.
(b) People keep trying to guess the secret.
(c) He can still perform his greatest trick.
(d) Rupert Angier is still practicing magic.

4. Whose traveling magic show did a young Alfred attend night after night in 1872, hoping to discover the secret to a trick?
(a) Ching Ling Foo.
(b) Rupert Angier.
(c) John Henry Anderson.
(d) Mr. Nevil Maskelyne.

5. Who is the second woman Angier says he is in love with?
(a) Drusilla MacAvoy.
(b) Julia Fensell.
(c) Lady Katherine Angier.
(d) Olive Westcombe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What timeline does Borden give himself in Section 5, Part 2 to figure out Angier's illusion?

3. What part of his body does Alfred cut badly with a chisel when he is young?

4. What are Angier and Julie doing when Borden first crosses their path?

5. How did Borden and Angier's feud begin?

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