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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Angier and Julie doing when Borden first crosses their path?
(a) Performing magic together in a bar.
(b) Performing magic together on stage.
(c) Having lunch at a cafe.
(d) Leading a fake spiritual seance.

3. What timeline does Borden give himself in Section 5, Part 2 to figure out Angier's illusion?
(a) Five years.
(b) By next season.
(c) By that spring.
(d) One year.

4. When Andrew finds out that the church did not contact him for the story, who did?
(a) Lady Kitty Allier.
(b) Gentleman Kevin Anders.
(c) Lady Katherine Angier.
(d) Gentleman Karl Angier.

5. How does Borden feel about Angier's death?
(a) Conflicted.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Happy.
(d) Guilty.

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

7. 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.

8. When Borden attended Angier's show in Part 4, Section 2, what did he notice about Angier's face?
(a) He was wincing in pain.
(b) He had a black eye.
(c) It was bright red.
(d) It was sallow.

9. After Angier's father died, who took over his estate?
(a) Angie's older brother
(b) Angier's uncle.
(c) Angier himself.
(d) Angier's mother.

10. Who did the head of the traveling magic show in 1972 write Alfred a letter of introduction to?
(a) John Henry Anderson.
(b) Rupert Angier.
(c) Ching Ling Foo.
(d) Mr. Nevil Maskelyne.

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

12. Who was known as Le Professeur de Magie?
(a) Nikola Tesla.
(b) Alfred Borden.
(c) Arthur Koenig.
(d) Rupert Angier.

13. Who entertained Nicholas for hours?
(a) Kate and her mother.
(b) Just Kate.
(c) Kate and her sister.
(d) Kate and her father.

14. At what age does Angier's interest in the art of illusion begin?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Thirteen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Angier doing when he died?

2. Who was Thomas Elborne?

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

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

5. What did Kate see in the room she secretly followed her father into?

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