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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part 2, Chapters 23-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Angier would disappear for a moment in his most famous trick, where would he reappear?
(a) In the middle of the audience.
(b) In the ceiling rafters.
(c) In the back of the auditorium.
(d) On the other side of the stage.

2. How many steps to a magic trick does Borden identify?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

3. What Chinese magician did Alfred observe?
(a) Ching Ling Foo.
(b) Foo Lang Chin.
(c) Foo Ling Chang.
(d) Chang Lang Foo.

4. The Machine used for the New Transporting Man is designed to make the audience a bit __________.
(a) Happy.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Confused.
(d) Skeptical.

5. How many years pass in the gap between journal entries in Section 5, Part 2?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the head of the traveling magic show in 1972 write Alfred a letter of introduction to?

2. Who was Thomas Elborne?

3. What is Andrew's last name?

4. Whose traveling magic show did a young Alfred attend night after night in 1872, hoping to discover the secret to a trick?

5. Who was known as Le Professeur de Magie?

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