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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. Whose carriage is described drawn up by the steps of Lightwood House when Tessa and the others arrive in Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm”?
(a) Josiah Wayland's.
(b) Tatiana Blackthorn’s.
(c) Aloysius Starkweather’s.
(d) Mortmain's.

2. What color hair are Will and his sister said to have in the novel?
(a) Auburn.
(b) Silver.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Black.

3. Gabriel tells his brother Gideon in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row” that their father has contracted what illness?
(a) Vampiric cancer.
(b) Demon pox.
(c) Mundane influenza.
(d) Mundane epilepsy.

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

5. What Shakespearean play is cited in the opening of Chapter 4: “To Be Wise and Love”?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) The Merry Wives of Windsor.
(c) Troilus and Cressida.
(d) Macbeth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The seamstress says in the beginning of Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row” that what month is “a fortuitous time for a marriage”?

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

4. How old are Tessa and Jem as they are about to wed in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?

5. What is the name of the medicine that Jem is in need of in Chapter 3: “To the Last Hour”?

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