1. What is the significance of the reference to T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets" in The Magus?
2. On one occasion, Conchis says to Nicholas, "All good science is art. And all good art is science." How does this line hold greater significance for the novel?
3. How does the word eleutheria pertain to Nicholas's initiation?
4. What is the symbolism meant by the doll and the human skull left for Nicholas at Bourani (ch 57)?
5. "The better you understand freedom, the less you possess it." What does this mean?
6. Why does Nicholas choose to slap Alison on the face at the end of the novel? What can the reader gather from this action?
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