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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. What does Angier think the first time he sees Borden's New Transported Man illusion?

2. How many Angiers is the reader aware exist in Section 14, Part 4?

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

4. What is the first object tested in Tesla's apparatus?

5. Who is Gerald Root?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What actions does Angier take in Section 4, Part 4 to secure his family's fortune and lifestyle?

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

4. How does the audience react to Angier's first performance of In A Flash using Tesla's machine, and why was this now what he expected?

5. When the partial Angier returns to Julia and the prestige, what does he learn?

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

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

8. Under which two conditions does Julia agree to come back to Angier and be his wife again?

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

10. Why does Angier decide to kill Borden, and what ultimately happens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trust is a major theme running throughout The Prestige, affecting each of the characters differently. Select three of the following characters and describe how the theme of trust applies to them. Who did they trust? Who trusted them? Whose trust did they break? Who broke their trust?

• Borden

• Angier

• Sarah

• Olive

• Julia

• Koenig

• Root

Essay Topic 2

The Prestige reveals the story from both Bordon and Angier's point of view, through their journal entries. Compare and contrast the voice and tone differences between the two men's journals.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the organizational structure of The Prestige and how that affects the reader's experience.

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