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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as Mortmain’s father, or the “boy they found and trained up” to act as Mortmain’s father, in Chapter 15: “Stars, Hide Your Fires”?
(a) Henry Branwell.
(b) Benedict Lightwood.
(c) John Shade.
(d) Cyril Tanner.

2. Who walks in on Gabriel and Gideon while they are looking through Charlotte’s correspondence in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?
(a) Charlotte Branwell.
(b) Sophie Collins.
(c) Tatiana Blackthorn.
(d) Tessa Gray.

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

4. What is the term used in the novel to refer to beings that are said to be part human and part demon, or the demonic counterpart of Shadowhunters, who are part human and part Angel?
(a) Downworlders.
(b) Vampires.
(c) Otherworlders.
(d) Mundanes.

5. What month is it when the Institute’s carriage rolls into the gates of Lightwood House in Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm”?
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) June.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem “Laus Veneris” that opens Chapter 5: “A Heart Divided” was written by whom?

2. Who is the author of “The Old Astronomer,” which is cited in the opening of Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night”?

3. Who is the werewolf that claims to know Will when he enters the inn in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?

4. What word used in the novel refers to a pair of Nephilim warriors who fight together and are closer than siblings, regardless of their gender?

5. The title of Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains” is an allusion to what poem that is cited in the opening of the chapter by Gerard Manley Hopkins?

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