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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. On which page of the Codex does the recipe for the immortality potion appear?

2. Of which of the following does Scathach note having sung covers?

3. Which of the following does Scathach note was her first epithet?

4. In which of the following Boston churches does Sophie recall having been?

5. Which of the following is the first line of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What commentary does Josh offer as Sophie attempts to remember her own phone number?

2. Why does Sophie struggle to remember her own phone number?

3. What linguistic ambitions does Sophie note to Scathach?

4. How, per Flamel, do Dee and those he serves see humans?

5. What does Machiavelli note about his most recent encounter with Scathach before the events of the novel?

6. What cover story does Machiavelli purpose to spread if he captures Flamel’s group at Sacré-Coeur?

7. What reasons does Scathach voice for separating the Newmans when they split up en route to the Eiffel Tower?

8. What, in the novel, is the DGSE, which Machiavelli heads?

9. In the novel, what accounts for the distinctive scents of persons’ magic?

10. What competition does Machiavelli note needing to worry about in his attempts to bid for the Japanese masks at auction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Machiavelli notes that Dee “Always has to have the last word” (89), referring to his habit of ending phone calls without closure. What is indicated about Dee by such action? How does the novel support the indication?

Essay Topic 2

Notably, the third primary division of the text—Monday, 4th June—has but one chapter. What effect does the compression have on the contents of the division? How is that effect produced?

Essay Topic 3

At several points in the novel, the online game World of Warcraft is mentioned by name. What purpose might the repeated reference serve? What in the novel and its contexts, and in experience, suggests that purpose? How does it do so?

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