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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what “notorious music hall and gentlemen’s club in Piccadilly Circus” does the Consul take Gabriel and Gideon in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness”?
(a) The Club Eremiel.
(b) Studio 54.
(c) The Yin Fen Room.
(d) The Argent Rooms.

2. Where does Cecily spend the bulk of her time at the London Institute, according to the narrator in Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish”?
(a) Her bedroom.
(b) The estate gardens.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The training room.

3. Will tells Cecily in Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night,” “If I had not been a Shadowhunter, I would have had a future” where?
(a) “In a lab.”
(b) “In the church.”
(c) “On the stage.”
(d) “In the courtroom.”

4. 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) Mortmain's.
(c) Tatiana Blackthorn’s.
(d) Aloysius Starkweather’s.

5. How old was Jessamine when she first came to the London Institute?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

6. What is the name of the horse that Will had grown up riding and had to sell in Staffordshire because he didn’t have money for toll roads, according to the narrator in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?
(a) Balios.
(b) Xanthios.
(c) Hengroen.
(d) Arthenon.

7. 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) Victor Whitelaw.
(b) Benedict Lightwood.
(c) Granville Fairchild.
(d) Woosley Scott.

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

9. How old are Tessa and Jem as they are about to wed in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?
(a) 17 and 18.
(b) 16 and 17.
(c) 18 and 19.
(d) 15 and 16.

10. The letter from the Consul that opens Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” says that the writer feels like what mythological prophetess?
(a) Hecuba.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Athena.
(d) Daphne.

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

12. Whom has Will summoned to the Institute to talk to about Jem’s condition and his futility to save him in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?
(a) Henry Branwell.
(b) Josiah Wayland.
(c) Mortmain.
(d) Magnus Bane.

13. 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) Gloves.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Coats.

14. What is the setting that is described in the opening of the Prologue?
(a) Wales.
(b) Dublin.
(c) York.
(d) London.

15. The title of Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm” is a literary allusion to a poem by what author?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. What musical instrument does Jem play for Tessa in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?

4. Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire” opens with an excerpt from the epic poem “Tamerlane.” Who is the author of this poem?

5. What color dress is Aloysius Starkweather’s granddaughter wearing in the novel’s Prologue?

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