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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

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) Aloysius Starkweather’s.
(b) Mortmain's.
(c) Tatiana Blackthorn’s.
(d) Josiah Wayland's.

2. What musical instrument does Jem play for Tessa in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?
(a) Piano.
(b) Harp.
(c) Violin.
(d) Guitar.

3. 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) Macbeth.
(d) Troilus and Cressida.

4. The letter to the Consul from Gabriel and Gideon which opens Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish” relates that the amount of money Charlotte Branwell spends on what items “rivals the annual income of a large estate or small country”?
(a) Hats.
(b) Coats.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Gloves.

5. The poem “In Memoriam A.H.H.” which is cited in the opening of Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” was written by whom?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charlotte tells Will and Jem in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” that Jessamine is returning “and if none of you can bear to have her here, I will arrange for her transport to” where?

2. What is the name of the cat that lives at the London Institute and that surprises Jem and Tessa as they embrace in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?

3. What word from Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” refers to a dish consisting of cooked, flaked fish, boiled rice, parsley, hard-boiled eggs, curry powder, and butter or cream?

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

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

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