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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 was Thomas Elborne?

2. What is the first thing Andrew does when he first arrives at the village in Part 1?

3. What did Kate's father dare Clive Borden to do?

4. What was Angier's most famous magic trick called?

5. What does the person who contacted Andrew's paper about the church say Andrew's name was when he was a little boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Borden sneaks backstage during Angier's show in America?

3. Describe Angier's first attempts at performing illusions on stage.

4. What does Lady Katherine say to Andrew that utterly stuns him? Why is he so surprised?

5. After Angier dies, what does Borden write that he remembers about Angier's appearance the night of his performance in America?

6. Did either Borden or Angier ever try to reconcile their feud? If so, what happened?

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

8. Describe the situation of Angier an Borden's first meeting.

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. Andrew finds out it was not the church who contacted his newspaper about a story. Who actually contacted Andrew's newspaper, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Borden and Angier's priorities. Did either men's priorities change throughout the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Borden's most famous illusion, the New Transported Man, to Angier's most famous illusion, In A Flash. How did each illusion evolve through the book? How was each performed?

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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