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

2. Which of the following languages does Scathach speak?

3. At which of the following times is Flamel told to be available at the Eiffel Tower?

4. Which of the following sports does Josh play?

5. Which of the following languages does Flamel note Richelieu saw in the book he gave him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Scathach explain her sobriquet “Shadow” (100)?

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

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

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

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

6. How is a tulpa defined in the novel?

7. How does Josh recall Dee describing Flamel to him?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Saint-Germain’s gift to Josh. As he gives it, he notes changes to gift culture between his youth and the novel’s present. How representative of broader cultural shifts are the changes to gift culture? What in experience suggests as much? How is the suggestion borne out?

Essay Topic 2

The comment is made that Saint-Germain’s immortality, achieved through his own efforts and requiring no renewal, is particularly vexing to other immortals. What reason does the novel suggest for that vexation, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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