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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his first performance of the new In A Flash was a flop, what does Angier decide he needs to do?
(a) Add music to the stunt.
(b) Use more volunteers from the audience.
(c) Build up the illusion more.
(d) Increase the sparks coming from the machine.

2. What does Angier do when Tesla increases the price charge for creating the apparatus Angier wants?
(a) Angier barders with a counter-offer.
(b) Angier laughs and refuses to pay any more than the original price.
(c) Angier agrees to pay it.
(d) Angier gets angry and leaves.

3. How long does Angier take to improve his new version of In A Flash, from the first performance to the second?
(a) One month.
(b) Two months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two weeks.

4. Angier decides to never put Julia in danger again after her miscarriage, so what does he do?
(a) Locks her in her room.
(b) Hires an assistant.
(c) Hires a bodyguide for her.
(d) Divorces her.

5. What does Angier note in his journal about the 'recovery' from his new way to do In A Flash?
(a) The recovery time is about one week.
(b) The recover time is about 3 days.
(c) The physical recovery is quicker than the mental recovery.
(d) The mental recovery is quicker than the physical.

6. What is the second condition Julia sets in order for her to return to Angier?
(a) He must stay in London instead of moving to his family home.
(b) He must move to his family home while she stays in London.
(c) He must stay in London while she move to his family home.
(d) He must move to his family home instead of staying in London.

7. What does Julia inform the partial Angier of in Section 14, Part 4?
(a) She has remarried.
(b) Borden's death.
(c) Olive's death.
(d) She has cancer.

8. Who is Gerald Root?
(a) An actor Bordon hires as a double.
(b) A rivaling magician.
(c) An audience volunteer who blurts out the secret to the magic trick.
(d) An actor Angier hires as his double.

9. Where does the partial Angier find Borden, when he is looking to kill Borden?
(a) In his workshop.
(b) At home.
(c) In his dressing room.
(d) Walking home.

10. Angier vows to perform Borden's illusion even better than Borden within ___________ of his return from America.
(a) One year.
(b) One season.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

11. How does Cutter feel about Olivia?
(a) He does not completely trust her, but he continues to work with her.
(b) He dislikes her and quits working for Angier.
(c) He adors her and develops more magic tricks to include her.
(d) He feels she is a nucance, but puts up with her for Angier's sake.

12. Who is Arthur Koenig?
(a) A doctor who sees Angier.
(b) Another rivaling magician.
(c) A reporter who meets with Angier.
(d) A criminal who works with Angier.

13. What appears to happen to the first object tested in Tesla's apparatus?
(a) It disappears.
(b) It floats.
(c) It shakes.
(d) It gets cold.

14. Whose name does Olivia use when applying to work for Bordon?
(a) Her aunt's maiden name.
(b) Her aunt's last name.
(c) Her mother's maiden name.
(d) Her mother's first name.

15. What is the first object tested in Tesla's apparatus?
(a) Angier.
(b) A cat.
(c) A gold coin.
(d) An iron rod.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Angier do with the object Koenig tries to tell him in Section 14, Part 4?

2. What does Angier resolve to do as his final revenge on Borden?

3. How many Angiers is the reader aware exist in Section 14, Part 4?

4. What is necessary for the partial Angier to be visible?

5. What is different about the illusion In A Flash using Tesla's machine after a year?

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