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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. 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) Burns it.
(c) Uses it to duplicate gold coins.
(d) Drops it into a swamp.

2. What does Angier note in his journal about the 'recovery' from his new way to do In A Flash?
(a) The mental recovery is quicker than the physical.
(b) The recovery time is about one week.
(c) The physical recovery is quicker than the mental recovery.
(d) The recover time is about 3 days.

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

4. 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 lowered an advertisement in the middle of Angier's Performance.
(c) Borden attended Angier's performance and loudly heckled him from the audience.
(d) Borden started a whisper campaign against Angier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of health is the Angier living with his wife and children in?

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

3. What do Angier and Telsa realize after two 'failures' that the machine is actually doing?

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

5. There are three years where Angier records minimal information. Which of the following is NOT something he records?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Angier react to Borden's illusion, the New Transported Man, the first time he witnesses it?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Angier hire Tesla to do?

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

8. How does Olivia end up leaving Angier?

9. After Borden interferes with Angier's illusion by cutting the power, what does Angier note about his health?

10. After Angier finally admits to Telsa what he wants to use the machine for, what does Tesla succeed in making the machine do?

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