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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. Angier decides to never put Julia in danger again after her miscarriage, so what does he do?
2. Who is Arthur Koenig?
3. Where does Angier meet Olivia?
4. In the year that Angier resisted retaliating against Borden, what was the final incident Borden conducted that cause Angier to finally retaliate again?
5. What does Angier do publicly when he and his family prepare to return to his family house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What personal and professional types of retaliation does Borden demonstrate against Angier in Section 9, Part 4?
2. What does Angier plan to do for his final revenge on Borden?
3. How does Angier manage to perform Borden's New Transporting Man illusion without knowing how Borden does it?
4. Under which two conditions does Julia agree to come back to Angier and be his wife again?
5. After Borden interferes with Angier's illusion by cutting the power, what does Angier note about his health?
6. What does Angier do with his extra time when he is performing near the town Hastings, prior to his American tour?
7. Why does Angier travel to Colorado Springs?
8. What does Angier note as the outcome of Borden pushing Julia down during one of their seances?
9. After a ten year gap in his journaling, what does Angier return writing to describe in full detail?
10. What does Angier realize about Tesla's relationship with Borden in Section 11, Part 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role was the supernatural play in The Prestige?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Sarah and Julia are important women in Borden and Angier's lives, as their wives. Compare and contrast these two women and how they respond to having master illusionists as husbands.
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