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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) William Shakespeare.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

2. How old is Will Herondale in 1873 in the novel’s Prologue?
(a) 10.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

3. What word in the novel is used to describe a secretive demon-hunting race of humans born with angelic blood that has survived for over a thousand years?
(a) Ifrits.
(b) Mudanes.
(c) Vampires.
(d) Shadowhunters.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The title of Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm” is a literary allusion to a poem by what author?

2. What is the name of the seamstress working on Tessa’s wedding dress in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?

3. What day is described as “no luck at all” for marrying in the folk rhyme that opens Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?

4. Gabriel tells his brother Gideon in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row” that their father has contracted what illness?

5. What color hair are Will and his sister said to have in the novel?

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