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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes the narrator in Section 2?

2. What are Angier and Julie doing when Borden first crosses their path?

3. Who entertained Nicholas for hours?

4. Who was Thomas Elborne?

5. Alfred writes that the more people are fooled, ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who narrates Section 6, Part 3, and what does that individual focus on?

2. What is odd about the package Andrew receives from his father?

3. What does Angier reveal about his childhood in his journal entries in Section 6, Part 3?

4. What attempts does Borden make to reconcile with Angier in Section 5, Part 2, and why?

5. How does Angier meet Julia Fensell, and how does their relationship progress?

6. How does Borden and Angier's feud begin?

7. Who is John Henry Anderson, and what was his relationship with Alfred?

8. What is Andrew's profession and where has it taken him as the novel opens?

9. Who does the narrator of Section 6, Part 3 remember coming to their childhood home, and what was significant about the room the narrator's memory took place in?

10. How does Borden and Olive's relationship change in Section 4, Part 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When and how was Borden introduced to magic? What information about this time in his childhood does he chose to reveal in his journal entries, and what does this reveal to readers about Bordon?

Essay Topic 2

Olive Westcombe is a very important secondary character in The Prestige. Describe her role in the book, and what her character revealed about Borden and Angier to readers.

Essay Topic 3

Determine what genre - and sub-genre, if applicable - The Prestige falls in to. At what point in the book does the genre become clear?

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