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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Of the horses driving the second carriage that arrives behind Jessamine’s, Tessa notes in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire,” “their bodies gleamed not like the pelts of animals but like” what?
(a) “Water.”
(b) “Silk.”
(c) “Plastic.”
(d) “Metal.”

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

5. What historical figure is said to have set the fashion for marrying in white in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Sophie Collins.
(c) Queen Cleopatra.
(d) Boadicea.

6. In the letter that opens Chapter 5: “A Heart Divided,” it is said that Charlotte Branwell has given orders to have what spy recalled to the Institute upon her release from the Silent City?
(a) Adele Starkweather.
(b) Jessamine Lovelace.
(c) Tatiana Blackthorn.
(d) Tessa Gray.

7. 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 kitchen.
(c) The training room.
(d) The estate gardens.

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

9. What is the name of the demon that murdered Jem’s parents?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) Iknibar.
(c) Mortmain.
(d) Yanluo.

10. What is the name of Will’s sword that he uses in Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm”?
(a) Malik.
(b) Parabatai.
(c) Cadair Idris.
(d) Eremiel.

11. Gabriel tells the Consul in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” that if he believes Gabriel to have committed patricide that he should feel free to take Gabriel where to be questioned?
(a) To Chiswick.
(b) To Cair Paravel.
(c) To the Council Chambers.
(d) To the Silent City.

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

13. What is the name of Will Herondale’s sister with whom he speaks in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?
(a) Adele Herondale.
(b) Cecily Herondale.
(c) Charlotte Herondale.
(d) Tatiana Herondale.

14. 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) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

15. Where is the location of Cecily and Will Herondale’s parents’ home?
(a) Wales.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in the novel refers to a pair of Nephilim warriors who fight together and are closer than siblings, regardless of their gender?

2. In the letter from Gideon and Gabriel to the Consul in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire,” it is stated that Mrs. Branwell is “in almost daily communications with” what great-uncle of hers?

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?

4. What word from the novel refers to the most basic variation of healing rune used by Shadowhunters?

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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