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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of “In Nunhead Cemetery,” the poem that is cited in the opening of Chapter 19: “To Lie and Burn”?
(a) Sarah Williams.
(b) Alexander Pope.
(c) Charlotte Mew.
(d) Lord Byron.

2. As Cicely sits in the training room after being told that Charlotte has sent for the Silent Brothers in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains,” the narrator says “Part of her mind was there in the Institute, but the rest was with Will: on the back of a horse, leaning into the wind, riding hell-for-leather over the roads that separated London from” where?
(a) “York.”
(b) “Dolgellau.”
(c) “Dublin.”
(d) “Chiswick.”

3. The Silent Brothers are said to be both the doctors and what of the Shadowhunter world in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains”?
(a) The deities.
(b) The cannibals.
(c) The destroyers.
(d) The priests.

4. The quote that opens Chapter 24: “The Measure of Love” is attributed to whom?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Saint Augustine.
(c) Alexander Pope.
(d) Sarah Williams.

5. What is the name of the automaton that stands by Mortmain when he enters Tessa’s prison in Chapter 18: “For This Alone”?
(a) Yanluo.
(b) Eremiel.
(c) Enkeli.
(d) Armaros.

6. Jem’s bridal gift to Tessa is discovered by Will on his journey in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains.” What kind of pendant is on the necklace?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Jade.
(c) Garnet.
(d) Opal.

7. Who is the author of the poem “Lady Clara Vere de Vere,” which is cited in the opening of Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good”?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

8. What does Gabriel give to Charlotte when he admits his betrayal with the Consul in Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good”?
(a) His clockwork angel.
(b) The Seraph blade.
(c) The letter he never sent.
(d) The Clave rune.

9. Which of his siblings does Gabriel refer to as “a useless fool” when he speaks with Charlotte in the beginning of Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good”?
(a) Cyril Tanner.
(b) Gideon Lightwood.
(c) Benedict Lightwood.
(d) Tatiana Blackthorn.

10. Whose Ascension takes place in the beginning of Chapter 24: “The Measure of Love”?
(a) Woosley Scott's.
(b) Victor Whitelaw's.
(c) Cyril Tanner’s.
(d) Sophie Collins’s.

11. What are the names of Cecily’s parents to whom she writes in Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good”?
(a) Edmund and Linette Herondale.
(b) Benedict and Sarah Herondale.
(c) Matthew and Christina Herondale.
(d) Andrew and Samantha Herondale.

12. The angel that appears when Tessa throws down her clockwork angel tells her that his name was what before he was imprisoned in the object, in Chapter 18: “For This Alone”?
(a) Eremiel.
(b) Ithuriel.
(c) Armaros.
(d) Nakir.

13. When Tessa transforms into the angel in Chapter 21: “Burning Gold,” her skin is said to turn gold and tear apart. From where Tessa’s skin tears, what is said to leak from the wounds?
(a) Blue blood.
(b) Silver streams of liquid.
(c) Black oil.
(d) Golden ichor.

14. What is the name of Tessa’s brother who died in her arms?
(a) James Gray.
(b) Andrew Gray.
(c) Nate Gray.
(d) Nicholas Gray.

15. Jem is said to be a few weeks short of his birthday turning what age in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains”?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aloysius Starkweather tells Charlotte in Chapter 15: “Stars, Hide Your Fires,” “In her infancy my granddaughter was replaced with a kidnapped human child, a sickly creature who died when the Marks were applied, because she was not” what?

2. Who wrote “At Villequier,” which is cited in the beginning of the Epilogue?

3. As Sophie sits by Jem’s bedside in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains,” the narrator says that Jem speaks aloud occasionally in his sleep but in what language?

4. What novel does Will read to Tessa in her chamber in Chapter 23: “Than Any Evil”?

5. The title of Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains” is an allusion to what poem that is cited in the opening of the chapter by Gerard Manley Hopkins?

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