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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. How does Angier describe his relationship with Olivia at the beginning of Section 10, Part 4?
(a) No longer in love; more like companions clinging to each other.
(b) More in love than ever and planning to marry.
(c) No longer in love and growing to resent one another.
(d) Very much in love and trying to start a family.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What last name does Oliva give when applying to work for Bordon?

2. After being hired by Bordon, what does Olivia send her maid to do at Angier's?

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

4. Before his tour to America, where is Angier invited to perform for two weeks?

5. Olivia suggests she could apply to be Bordon's ___________ and discover his secret.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Olivia Svenson enter Angier's life?

4. How does Olivia end up leaving Angier?

5. What does Angier hire Tesla to do?

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

7. What is the big twist at the end of Section 13, Part 4?

8. How does performing In A Flash affect Angier when he first starts performing it using Tesla's machine?

9. What does Angier plan to do for his final revenge on Borden?

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

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