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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Angier do when Tesla increases the price charge for creating the apparatus Angier wants?
(a) Angier agrees to pay it.
(b) Angier barders with a counter-offer.
(c) Angier laughs and refuses to pay any more than the original price.
(d) Angier gets angry and leaves.

2. After his first performance of the new In A Flash was a flop, what does Angier decide he needs to do?
(a) Use more volunteers from the audience.
(b) Add music to the stunt.
(c) Increase the sparks coming from the machine.
(d) Build up the illusion more.

3. After the power was shut of in the middle of Angier's performance, how much weight did he lose in the following weeks?
(a) 20 lbs.
(b) 30 lbs.
(c) 50 lbs.
(d) 60 lbs.

4. Why did the audience not react as Angier expected them to the first time her performed In A Flash using Tesla's machine?
(a) The audience did not believe it was magic.
(b) The audience was caught off guard and just sat there stunned and silent.
(c) The audience was unimpressed and felt he copied Borden.
(d) It happened too fast for the audience to register the feat.

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

6. By Section 10, Part 4 Angier has two life goals. What is his goal for his personal life?
(a) Regain an amicable relationship with Julia.
(b) Marry Olivia.
(c) Re-Marry Julia.
(d) Have children with Olivia.

7. Whose name does Olivia use when applying to work for Bordon?
(a) Her aunt's maiden name.
(b) Her mother's maiden name.
(c) Her aunt's last name.
(d) Her mother's first name.

8. How does Angier initially contact Julia when he returns to take over his father's estate?
(a) A letter.
(b) A phone call.
(c) A messenger.
(d) He shows up at her door.

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

10. After Angier cancels the rest of his bookings because he is ill, what does he do with the apparatus?
(a) Chops it up with an ax.
(b) Drops it into a swamp.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Uses it to duplicate gold coins.

11. When Angier performs his version of Bordon's New Transported Man, and it is received well, what irritates Angier about the end of the trick?
(a) He thinks the audience should give him a standing ovation.
(b) He doesn't like his outfit.
(c) He doesn't think it is flashy enough.
(d) He does not get to take the final bow.

12. When Olivia meets with Angier for the last time, what object does she give him?
(a) A book.
(b) A picture.
(c) A love letter.
(d) An envelope.

13. What is the Angier family house called?
(a) Credon.
(b) Crowley.
(c) Caldlow.
(d) Corina.

14. What happens after Olivia is hired by Bordon?
(a) She is miserable working with Bordon.
(b) She grows distant to Angier.
(c) She decides to be a magician herself.
(d) Bordon discovers she is a spy and fires her.

15. Who is Olivia Svenson?
(a) Angier's sister-in-law.
(b) Borden's new assistant.
(c) Angier's new lover and assistant.
(d) Angier's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Angier decides to never put Julia in danger again after her miscarriage, so what does he do?

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

3. What does Angier do with the object Koenig tries to tell him in Section 14, Part 4?

4. When Angier's In A Flash becomes a success with Tesla's machine, what remains a problem for Angier?

5. How long does Angier take to improve his new version of In A Flash, from the first performance to the second?

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