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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. 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 pretends to be a stagehand and walks backstate without a problem.
(c) He causes a large scene with a stagehand and is let backstage to quiet the scene.
(d) He attends as an audience member and sneaks backstage.

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

3. How long after Borden ruined his performance does Angier die?
(a) Seven hours.
(b) Seven months.
(c) Seven weeks.
(d) Seven days.

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

5. What was Nikolas Tesla's scientific concentration?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Chemestry.
(c) Sound waves.
(d) Biology.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many steps to a magic trick does Borden identify?

2. What did Kate's father dare Clive Borden to do?

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

4. Whose name is on the book Andrew receives as a package?

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

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