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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. In which of the following legendary countries does Scathach note having spent time?

2. In which of the following does Joan report having wedded Saint-Germain?

3. Which of the following is the lot number for the Japanese masks on which Machiavelli bids?

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

5. Which of the following roads does Dee take to reach the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Roux consider for thinking Flamel’s group strange and dangerous?

2. How is a tulpa defined in the novel?

3. What reason does Scathach cite for not experiencing jet lag?

4. What reasons does Machiavelli have for jealousy of Dee?

5. How does the novel articulate the difference between a tulpa and a golem?

6. What effects does Josh suffer from the sudden flight from Sacré-Coeur?

7. What reasons does Dagon give for remaining in Machiavelli’s service?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the symbolism of the Newmans' names: Josh, Sophie, and Newman.

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of novels from Scott’s The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series on the New York Times and other bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the series, as represented by the present novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Online commentaries note that the reliance of YA on teenage protagonists is, in some senses, an indictment of the adults present in YA literature. For what do the adults in The Magician deserve indictment, as indicated by the novel? How does the novel indicate the indictment is deserved?

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