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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. What is the name of the cat that lives at the London Institute and that surprises Jem and Tessa as they embrace in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?
(a) Felix.
(b) Mortmain.
(c) Church.
(d) Yanluo.

2. 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.

3. 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) 15 and 16.
(d) 18 and 19.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. To what “notorious music hall and gentlemen’s club in Piccadilly Circus” does the Consul take Gabriel and Gideon in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness”?

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

4. 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?

5. The letter to the Consul at the end of Chapter 5: “A Heart Divided” is from what Inquisitor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Victor Whitelaw described in the narrative? What is his position?

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

3. What item does Will find on his journey that leads him to believe he is on the right track in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?

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

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

6. What is referred to by the term “automatons” in Clockwork Princess?

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

8. What is revealed of Mrs. Black’s appearance in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?

9. 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?

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

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