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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who walks in on Gabriel and Gideon while they are looking through Charlotte’s correspondence in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?
(a) Charlotte Branwell.
(b) Tatiana Blackthorn.
(c) Sophie Collins.
(d) Tessa Gray.

2. How long ago did Cecily come to the London Institute, according to the narrator in Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish”?
(a) 3 weeks ago.
(b) 7 months ago.
(c) 2 years ago.
(d) 8 weeks ago.

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

4. Who is the Consul that writes to the Members of the Council in the opening of Chapter 5: “A Heart Divided”?
(a) Josiah Wayland.
(b) Victor Whitelaw.
(c) Mortmain.
(d) Benedict Lightwood.

5. What does the figure in the carriage tell Tessa she was drugged with in Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night”?
(a) Yin fen.
(b) Posset.
(c) Eremiel.
(d) Chloroform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie give Gideon to drink while he recovers in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?

2. 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”?

3. Gabriel tells Cecily that Will once injured him how, in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?

4. When Jem returns, bloody and injured after chasing the carriage with Tessa, he tells the other Shadowhunters that he lost them near where in Chapter 9: “Graven in Metal”?

5. What revelation does Will confess to Jem in Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are “Shadowhunters” defined in the novel? When and where did they originate?

2. What is “yin fen,” and why does Jem Carstairs use this medicine in Clockwork Princess?

3. Describe the history of Charlotte Fairchild in The Infernal Devices trilogy. How did Charlotte come to be head of the London Institute?

4. How is the character of Jem Carstairs described in the novel’s Prologue?

5. What literary allusions are prominent in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?

6. What is Aloysius Starkweather’s history in The Infernal Devices trilogy?

7. Describe the first letter sent by Gabriel and Gideon Lightwood to Consul Wayland in Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish.” What information is revealed in the letter?

8. Why does Consul Wayland insist on taking the Lightwood brothers with him to the Silent City in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness”?

9. What is the second setting described in the novel’s Prologue? How is this setting described?

10. Who is Jessamine Lovelace? What is her role in Clockwork Princess?

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