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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Angier planning to stage his own death?
(a) So fans will stop hounding him.
(b) So he can pretend to come back from the dead as a final trick.
(c) To spend more time with Julia.
(d) To trick Borden.

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

3. What is the second condition Julia sets in order for her to return to Angier?
(a) He must stay in London while she move to his family home.
(b) He must move to his family home instead of staying in London.
(c) He must stay in London instead of moving to his family home.
(d) He must move to his family home while she stays in London.

4. What is the first object tested in Tesla's apparatus?
(a) A cat.
(b) An iron rod.
(c) Angier.
(d) A gold coin.

5. Who is Harry Cutter?
(a) Angier's ingeniuer.
(b) Angier's assistant.
(c) Bordon's ingeniuer.
(d) Bordon's assistant.

6. Why has Angier incorporated grease and special lighting into his performance?
(a) To distract the audience from what he is really doing to make the illusion happen.
(b) To hide his bald spot while performing.
(c) To appear ill.
(d) To appear more tan and muscular while performing.

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

8. What does Angier realize about himself and the prestige at the end of Section 14, Part 4?
(a) They cannot got exist.
(b) They are two parts of one man.
(c) They look identical, but have separate thoughts and personalities.
(d) They are mirror images of one another.

9. Gerald Root attempts to _____________ Angier.
(a) Punch.
(b) Blackmail.
(c) Kill.
(d) Trick.

10. What does Angier say the new process for In A Flash causes for him?
(a) Bouts of depression.
(b) Yellow skin.
(c) Breakout of hives.
(d) Bouts of laughter.

11. 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) Re-Marry Julia.
(c) Have children with Olivia.
(d) Marry Olivia.

12. Who passes away at the end of Section 14, Part 4?
(a) Julia.
(b) Angier.
(c) Koenig.
(d) Olive.

13. What kind of health is the Angier living with his wife and children in?
(a) Poor health.
(b) He is going crazy.
(c) More vibrant than ever.
(d) He is drinking himself to death.

14. When Angier's In A Flash becomes a success with Tesla's machine, what remains a problem for Angier?
(a) Disposal of the prestige material.
(b) Finding a trustworthy assistant.
(c) The set up time for the performance.
(d) The ticket price.

15. In the year that Angier resisted retaliating against Borden, what was the final incident Borden conducted that cause Angier to finally retaliate again?
(a) Borden stole Olivia away from Angier and hired her has his own assistant.
(b) Borden started a whisper campaign against Angier.
(c) Borden lowered an advertisement in the middle of Angier's Performance.
(d) Borden attended Angier's performance and loudly heckled him from the audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Julia miscarries, where does she spend most of her time?

2. How does Borden sign his note to Angier that reads, "I know the address you go to with Sheila MacPherson"?

3. What does Angier tell Telsa the machine is actually intended for, after the first object is tested?

4. What does Angier say Borden was trying to do the night that Borden cut the electricity during Angier's act?

5. What appears to happen to the first object tested in Tesla's apparatus?

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