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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 kinds of creature does Perenelle encounter beneath Alcatraz?

2. Which of the following does Flamel eat upon arriving at Saint-Germain’s home?

3. Which of the following senses does the Sleeping God enhance in Josh first?

4. Which of the following does Saint-Germain give as a gift to Josh?

5. Which of the following cities is noted as underlying Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plans had Sophie had for her year that have now been overset by her entry into the occult world?

2. How are the Disir described when Machiavelli and Dee initially meet with them?

3. What justification does Sophie offer for her trust of Flamel and his associates?

4. Why does Saint-Germain note Sophie will likely be his only student?

5. In what circumstances does Saint-Germain note having started a romantic relationship with Joan?

6. What reason does Flamel note for assigning Clarent to Josh?

7. What cover story is advanced for Nidhogg’s rampage through Paris?

8. What swords does Flamel identify as having been names for the “four great swords of power” (203)?

9. What does Josh notice on the table in Saint-Germain’s attic studio?

10. How are the Catacombs of Paris explained?

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

At the beginning of Chapter Thirty-eight, Josh realizes that Clarent gives its wielder knowledge of what it cuts, citing that transmission as the reason some fear to wield it (321-22). Clarent is identified as a cursed blade, implying that such transmission is undesirable, and Josh identifies that transmission as a temptation to its use. How is such a thing a curse? What in the novel suggests that it is one? How does it suggest such?

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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