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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The Inquisition, Chapters 22-27 and Part Four: Chapters 28-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Simon is promoted from understudy to another position within the ballet company, what position does he achieve?
(a) Repertory member.
(b) Company captain.
(c) Featured member.
(d) Full company member.

2. In what type of venue does Klara NOT perform her act during her early days as a magician?
(a) Dinner theaters.
(b) A circus.
(c) Caesar's Palace.
(d) Concert halls.

3. When Klara sees the statue of Janus's head, it reminds her of the fortune teller. What is NOT an element over which the deity of Janus is said to preside?
(a) Time.
(b) Beginnings.
(c) Fertility.
(d) Transitions.

4. What is the family celebrating when Klara calls on her opening night?
(a) Simon's birthday.
(b) Daniel's engagement to Mira.
(c) Gertie's birthday.
(d) Varya's engagement to Raj.

5. From what college does Gertie withdraw when she becomes pregnant with Saul's child at age 20?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) New York University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Simon use when Gertie catches him leaving the apartment on the morning of the day he moves to San Francisco?

2. What answer does Ilya NOT provide when Klara wonders why there are so few female magicians?

3. Whose shift does Simon cover when he "wakes up with a red dot on the white of his left eye"? (86)

4. How many hours early do Raj and Ruby appear for Thanksgiving dinner at Daniel's house?

5. In order to avoid losing the job at The Mirage, what unwanted action does Klara accept?

(see the answer key)

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