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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book is Tessa said to be halfway through reading “and finding it an excellent distraction” in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?
(a) The Castle of Otranto.
(b) A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
(c) A Midwinter's Tale.
(d) A Tale of Two Cities.

2. What word does Cecily say means “lake” in Welsh in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?
(a) Llyn.
(b) Loch.
(c) Ross.
(d) Kil.

3. Who is the author of “Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady,” which is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) Sarah Williams.
(c) Alexander Pope.
(d) John Milton.

4. Where does Jessamine say Mortmain is as she dies in Chapter 9: “Graven in Metal”?
(a) The York Institute.
(b) Idris.
(c) Enkeli.
(d) Chriswick.

5. As Cicely sits in the training room after being told that Charlotte has sent for the Silent Brothers in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains,” the narrator says “Part of her mind was there in the Institute, but the rest was with Will: on the back of a horse, leaning into the wind, riding hell-for-leather over the roads that separated London from” where?
(a) “Dublin.”
(b) “Dolgellau.”
(c) “Chiswick.”
(d) “York.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The letter from the Consul that opens Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” says that the writer feels like what mythological prophetess?

2. Who is the author of the poem “Lady Clara Vere de Vere,” which is cited in the opening of Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good”?

3. 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”?

4. When Gabriel joins Cecily in the training room after the arrival of the Silent Brothers in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains,” he suggests they play what card game?

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

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