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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. Will says to Cecily in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand” that he came to the London Institute on what day when he was twelve?
(a) November 21.
(b) December 8.
(c) September 14.
(d) November 10.

2. What does Jem give to Will to sell for money for his drugs in Chapter 4: “To Be Wise and Love”?
(a) His cloak of invisibility.
(b) His Seraph blade.
(c) The clockwork angel.
(d) The Carstairs family ring.

3. Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire” opens with an excerpt from the epic poem “Tamerlane.” Who is the author of this poem?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

4. Charlotte tells the Consul in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” that “Benedict Lightwood had been discovered to be in the last stages of” what?
(a) “Cancer.”
(b) “AIDS.”
(c) “Astriola.”
(d) “Dementia.”

5. In the letter from Gideon and Gabriel to the Consul in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire,” it is stated that Mrs. Branwell is “in almost daily communications with” what great-uncle of hers?
(a) Victor Whitelaw.
(b) Roderick Fairchild.
(c) Woosley Scott.
(d) Aloysius Starkweather.

Short Answer 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?

2. What does Jem do with the medicine and the letter when he argues with Tessa in Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish”?

3. In the letter that opens Chapter 5: “A Heart Divided,” it is said that Charlotte Branwell has given orders to have what spy recalled to the Institute upon her release from the Silent City?

4. What is the name of Will’s sword that he uses in Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm”?

5. What are the names of the two horses that Will finds in the stalls at the London Institute when he departs to go after Tessa in Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the history of Charlotte Fairchild in The Infernal Devices trilogy. How did Charlotte come to be head of the London Institute?

2. What character is introduced to Will Herondale in the novel’s Prologue? How does this meeting go?

3. What musical instrument does Jem play for Tessa in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”? Why?

4. How is the character of Victor Whitelaw described in the narrative? What is his position?

5. Who is Jessamine Lovelace? What is her role in Clockwork Princess?

6. Where is Tessa being taken in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”? Why?

7. What is “yin fen,” and why does Jem Carstairs use this medicine in Clockwork Princess?

8. What confrontation takes place between Jem and Will in Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night” What revelation is revealed?

9. What literary allusions are prominent in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?

10. Who are the Silent Brothers and what is their role within Shadowhunter society?

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