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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Raphael's response to the werewolf?

2. Why does Valentine want the Mortal Cup?

3. What would happen if Hodge leaves the Institute?

4. What does Jace forget that causes him concern when he remembers?

5. For how long has the Silent City been around?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clary discover about some runes?

2. What does Clary ask of Simon and how does she pressure him to agree to her request?

3. Describe the fight with Abbadon.

4. What does Dorothea say about Valentine and what does she reveal behind the portal curtain?

5. What does Dorothea do as Clary is holding the Mortal Cup and how does Clary respond?

6. Why does Jace throw a knife at Raphael, and what do Jace and Clary notice in the stairwell?

7. How do Clary and Jace get to the Silent City and what is the Silent City?

8. Who do Jace and Clary encounter near the dumpsters at the Hotel Dumont and what does he tell them?

9. What do Jace and Clary find initially when they arrive at Hotel Dumont and look for an entrance into the building?

10. What happens when Clary and Jace return to the Institute?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an important part of what makes the story interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Clary. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Jace. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Simon. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

"City of Bones" belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the fantasy genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a fantasy and a historical novel?

Essay Topic 3

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or technology that is not a part of the "real" world. In the case of "City of Bones", there is a great deal of new magical terms and familiar words with new meanings. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of the world of "City of Bones" that are a part of the language but mean something different. Define the words as used in "City of Bones" and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

2. How does the language of "City of Bones" from that of real world New York? Are there words you did not know in the book? What? How do you learn their meanings? What does it mean to grasp a the meaning of a word through its context? Can you do that in "City of Bones"? Give an example of several words whose definition are made clear through the context of how the word is used.

3. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of "City of Bones" through its vocabulary. Did you have to look up any words?

4. Were there any words you never really understood from "City of Bones"? Which ones? Why?

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