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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the 'prestige' of a magic trick, according to Borden's journal?
(a) The level of difficulty.
(b) When the magician explains the trick to the audience.
(c) Where the product is revealed to the audience.
(d) Where the magician asks for a volunteer from the audience.

2. What physical trait did the Chinese magician fake his entire life, so as not to give his trick away?
(a) Deafness.
(b) A slow shuffling gait.
(c) A deformed hand.
(d) Blindness.

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

4. At what age did Borden begin performing alone on stage?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 18.

5. What is Julia Fensell's profession when she and Angier first meet?
(a) Magician's assistant.
(b) Acress.
(c) She is unemployed.
(d) Dancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Borden ruined his performance does Angier die?

2. Who narrates Section 6, Part 3?

3. What does the person who contacted Andrew's paper about the church say Andrew's name was when he was a little boy?

4. Alfred writes that the more people are fooled, ___________________.

5. What are Angier and Julie doing when Borden first crosses their path?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Borden sneaks backstage during Angier's show in America?

2. Why does Angier's In A Flash illusion make Borden so angry?

3. Describe the situation of Angier an Borden's first meeting.

4. Did either Borden or Angier ever try to reconcile their feud? If so, what happened?

5. Who is John Henry Anderson, and what was his relationship with Alfred?

6. What are the three steps to a magic trick, as Borden explains in his journal?

7. What does Alfred write about his secret in Section 2?

8. How does Borden and Angier's feud begin?

9. How does Angier meet Julia Fensell, and how does their relationship progress?

10. What is the story Borden tells in Section 4, Part 2 about how Olive Wescombe was hired, and how is it different than the story given earlier?

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