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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Consul say in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” “was one of the strictest men I’ve known, and though he ran the Institute according to the Law, it was a cold, unwelcoming place”?
(a) Granville Fairchild.
(b) Benedict Lightwood.
(c) Woosley Scott.
(d) Victor Whitelaw.

2. 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) Mudanes.
(b) Vampires.
(c) Ifrits.
(d) Shadowhunters.

3. Who does Jem say is downstairs “making the most dreadful row” in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?
(a) Will Herondale.
(b) Boadicea.
(c) Gideon Lightwood.
(d) Gabriel Lightwood.

4. The literary citation that opens Chapter 9: “Graven in Metal” is from the epic poem Paradise Lost. Who wrote this literary work?
(a) John Milton.
(b) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(c) Algernon Charles Swinburne.
(d) Lord Byron.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Charlotte tells the Consul in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” that “Benedict Lightwood had been discovered to be in the last stages of” what?

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

3. What is the name of Gabriel and Gideon Lightwood’s father in the novel?

4. Gabriel claims in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” to have killed the worm by putting an arrow through it where?

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

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