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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Angier contacts Tesla about his performance on electricity, what does Angier think of Tesla's response?
(a) He believes Tesla is lying to him.
(b) He does not understand Tesla's response.
(c) He believes Tesla is only telling him half of the truth.
(d) He believes Tesla does not like him.

2. What does Angier realize about Tesla and Borden in Section 11, Part 4?
(a) They are in cahoots.
(b) They did business together in the past.
(c) They have never met.
(d) They hate each other.

3. What do Angier and Julia agree was the reason their marriage initially failed?
(a) Magic.
(b) Bordon.
(c) Depression.
(d) Alcohol.

4. Olivia suggests she could apply to be Bordon's ___________ and discover his secret.
(a) Assistant.
(b) Ticket handler.
(c) Stagehand.
(d) Ingeneur.

5. What does Angier resolve to do as his final revenge on Borden?
(a) Use the secret new illusion to upstage Borden one last time.
(b) Publish Borden's journal.
(c) Publish the picture of Borden and his twin.
(d) Republish the newspaper article that will give away Borden's secret.

6. How does Cutter feel about Olivia?
(a) He does not completely trust her, but he continues to work with her.
(b) He adors her and develops more magic tricks to include her.
(c) He dislikes her and quits working for Angier.
(d) He feels she is a nucance, but puts up with her for Angier's sake.

7. Who in Angier's family dies in Section 11, Part 4?
(a) His mother, Judy.
(b) His brother, Henry.
(c) His sister, Judy.
(d) His uncle, Henry.

8. When is the partial Angier invisible?
(a) In the direct sunlight.
(b) In bright lights.
(c) In the dark.
(d) In dim lighting.

9. After Julia miscarries, where does she spend most of her time?
(a) On stage with Angier.
(b) In her room, alone.
(c) At social parties.
(d) In the bar.

10. What is significant about the location Angier is invited to perform for two weeks prior to his American tour?
(a) It is near where Borden attended school.
(b) It is near where Borden grew up.
(c) It is near where Angier grew up.
(d) It is near where Angier went to school.

11. Angier vows to perform Borden's illusion even better than Borden within ___________ of his return from America.
(a) One month.
(b) One season.
(c) One year.
(d) One week.

12. What does Angier say Borden was trying to do the night that Borden cut the electricity during Angier's act?
(a) Increase his own fame.
(b) Kill Angier.
(c) Steal Angier's props.
(d) Ruin the show.

13. What does Koenig inform Angier about Borden in Section 14, Part 4?
(a) Borden has had an accident and may die.
(b) One of the Bordens has died of heart failure.
(c) Borden is in love with Angier's wife.
(d) Borden has announced that he has a twin.

14. By Section 10, Part 4 Angier has two life goals. What is his goal for his professional life?
(a) Ruin Bordon's life.
(b) Outperform Bordon's illusion.
(c) Make more money than Bordon.
(d) Become Bordon's partner in Magic.

15. What is a second reason the partial Angier decides to kill Borden?
(a) So Borden can never out-perform him again.
(b) He believes Borden will kill him otherwise.
(c) For stealing Olive.
(d) To protect Julia from Borden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arthur Koenig reveal to Angier in Section 12, Part 4?

2. Why did the audience not react as Angier expected them to the first time her performed In A Flash using Tesla's machine?

3. What does Angier say the new process for In A Flash causes for him?

4. What does Angier discover from personal research about Borden prior to Angier's American tour?

5. Is Angier aware that there is more than one of him in Section 14, Part 4?

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