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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is sitting with Tessa when Will enters her chamber in Chapter 22: “Thunder in the Trumpet”?
(a) Cyril Tanner.
(b) Sophie Collins.
(c) Bridget Daley.
(d) Woosley Scott.

2. 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 priests.
(b) The cannibals.
(c) The deities.
(d) The destroyers.

3. Of Gabriel Lightwood, the narrator says in Chapter 20: “The Infernal Devices,” that “he had been trained in the longsword by a master who could trace his own masters back to” whom?
(a) Yanluo.
(b) Aloysius Starkweather.
(c) Armoros.
(d) Lichtenauer.

4. What is the title of the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which is cited in the opening of Chapter 18: “For This Alone”?
(a) “To the Trees of Winter.”
(b) “Love to the Order Above.”
(c) “In Memoriam A.H.H.”
(d) “Yesteryear and Yesterday.”

5. The poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson which opens Chapter 23: “Than Any Evil” is titled what?
(a) “Annabel Lee.”
(b) “To the Nightingale.”
(c) “In Memoriam A.H.H.”
(d) “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.”

6. 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) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Percy Bysshe Shelley.

7. Who is the author of “The Harlot’s House,” which is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 20: “The Infernal Devices”?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Alexander Pope.
(c) Charlotte Bronte.
(d) John Milton.

8. Tessa recalls in Chapter 19: “To Lie and Burn” that when she first met Will, he claimed to be what hero from a storybook?
(a) Sir Galahad.
(b) Sir Willem.
(c) Sir Gawain.
(d) Sir Arthur.

9. 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?
(a) “To a Silent Passing Wave.”
(b) “No Worse, There Is None.”
(c) “Tomorrow’s Shadows and Yesterday’s Years.”
(d) “Elegy for John Keats.”

10. Whom does Henry tell to take and throw the box from his pocket in Chapter 21: “Burning Gold”?
(a) Gabriel Lightwood.
(b) Cecily Herondale.
(c) Sophie Collins.
(d) Benedict Lightwood.

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

12. The sword that is offered to Will by Jem’s uncle in Chapter 24: “The Measure of Love” is inscribed with a name. What is the name on the sword?
(a) Cortana.
(b) Eremiel.
(c) Nakir.
(d) Armaros.

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

14. What room at the London Institute is said to be the one that most reminds Will of Jem in Chapter 23: “Than Any Evil”?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The training room.
(c) The study.
(d) The underground laboratory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The poetic excerpt from “Lines: When the Lamp is Shattered,” which opens Chapter 16: “The Clockwork Princess” was written by whom?

2. To whom does Will write a letter to after he finishes dinner at the inn in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?

3. From what Shakespearean play is the title of Chapter 15: “Stars, Hide Your Fires” derived?

4. 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?

5. What is the material called that is used to make steles and Seraph blades?

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