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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. Which of the following does Machiavelli note lives in Paris?
2. Sophie notes that Roux advised going left to reach which of the following?
3. Toward which of the following do Saint-Germain, Scathach, and the Newmans flee from the Eiffel Tower?
4. On which page of the Codex does the recipe for transmutation appear?
5. By which of the following means does de Ayala distract the sphinx from Perenelle?
Short Essay Questions
1. What, in the novel, is the DGSE, which Machiavelli heads?
2. How does Scathach explain her sobriquet “Shadow” (100)?
3. What reasons does Perenelle cite for being able to hear the voices of spirits while she is imprisoned at Alcatraz?
4. How is a tulpa defined in the novel?
5. What linguistic ambitions does Sophie note to Scathach?
6. Flamel expresses confusion that Sacré-Coeur is closed when he, Scathach, and the Newman twins arrive there. What reason does Sophie note for the closure?
7. What does Machiavelli note about his most recent encounter with Scathach before the events of the novel?
8. What cover story does Machiavelli purpose to spread if he captures Flamel’s group at Sacré-Coeur?
9. What is the prophecy of the twins to which so much reference is made in the novel?
10. What atrocities does Flamel ascribe to Dee?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the following passage:
“Those are just names,” Scathach muttered, sounding embarrassed.
“They sound like more than names,” Sophie pressed. “They sound like titles…titles you’ve earned?” she persisted.
“Well, I’ve had lots of names,” Scathach said, “names my friends gave me, named my foes called me” (100).
What is the difference between a name and a title? What in the novel and in experience support the distinction? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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