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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Gerald Root?
(a) A rivaling magician.
(b) An audience volunteer who blurts out the secret to the magic trick.
(c) An actor Bordon hires as a double.
(d) An actor Angier hires as his double.

4. After being hired by Bordon, what does Olivia send her maid to do at Angier's?
(a) Forward her belongings to her.
(b) Keep Angier company.
(c) Deliver love notes to Angier.
(d) Blackmail Angier.

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) Republish the newspaper article that will give away Borden's secret.
(d) Publish the picture of Borden and his twin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the partial Angier invisible?

2. After his first performance of the new In A Flash was a flop, what does Angier decide he needs to do?

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

4. What does Koenig inform Angier about Borden in Section 14, Part 4?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Angier decide to kill Borden, and what ultimately happens?

2. What does Angier hire Tesla to do?

3. What does Angier note as the outcome of Borden pushing Julia down during one of their seances?

4. After a ten year gap in his journaling, what does Angier return writing to describe in full detail?

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

6. What event brings Angier home in Section 11, Part 4, and leads to him missing and contacting Julia?

7. What does Angier realize about Tesla's relationship with Borden in Section 11, Part 4?

8. What personal and professional types of retaliation does Borden demonstrate against Angier in Section 9, Part 4?

9. How does Angier manage to perform Borden's New Transporting Man illusion without knowing how Borden does it?

10. There are two Angiers by Section 14, Part 4. Describe the Angier narrating.

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