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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem “Carrion Comfort” that is cited in the opening of Chapter 3: “To the Last Hour” was written by what English poet?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(d) William Shakespeare.

2. What is the setting that is described in the opening of the Prologue?
(a) Wales.
(b) Dublin.
(c) London.
(d) York.

3. What year is described in the opening of the Prologue?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1847.

4. What was the name of Gideon and Gabriel’s mother in the novel?
(a) Elizabeth Lightwood.
(b) Muriel Lightwood.
(c) Mary Lightwood.
(d) Barbara Lightwood.

5. The title of Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm” is a literary allusion to a poem by what author?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the medicine that Jem is in need of in Chapter 3: “To the Last Hour”?

2. What is the name of Will Herondale’s sister with whom he speaks in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?

3. What is the name of Aloysius Starkweather’s granddaughter whom he is comforting in the novel’s Prologue?

4. What historical figure is said to have set the fashion for marrying in white in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?

5. What Shakespearean play is cited in the opening of Chapter 4: “To Be Wise and Love”?

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