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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. Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire” opens with an excerpt from the epic poem “Tamerlane.” Who is the author of this poem?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

2. How old are Tessa and Jem as they are about to wed in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?
(a) 16 and 17.
(b) 18 and 19.
(c) 17 and 18.
(d) 15 and 16.

3. Will stands overlooking the placid countryside of what location in the opening of Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?
(a) Chiswick.
(b) Bedfordshire.
(c) York.
(d) Cair Paravel.

4. What estate does Cecily say Mortmain gave to her father when they lost their home near Dolgellau in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?
(a) Arelium Manor.
(b) Agar Manor.
(c) Ravenscar Manor.
(d) Wolfbane Manor.

5. Who does Jem say is downstairs “making the most dreadful row” in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?
(a) Gabriel Lightwood.
(b) Will Herondale.
(c) Gideon Lightwood.
(d) Boadicea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jessamine say Mortmain is as she dies in Chapter 9: “Graven in Metal”?

2. What year is described in the opening of the Prologue?

3. 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?

4. Who walks in on Gabriel and Gideon while they are looking through Charlotte’s correspondence in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?

5. Charlotte tells Will and Jem in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” that Jessamine is returning “and if none of you can bear to have her here, I will arrange for her transport to” where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What character is introduced to Will Herondale in the novel’s Prologue? How does this meeting go?

2. 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?

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

4. Where is Tessa being taken in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”? Why?

5. How is the setting of Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row” described? During what time period is this chapter set?

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

7. Who are the Silent Brothers and what is their role within Shadowhunter society?

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

9. What confrontation takes place between Jem and Will in Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night” What revelation is revealed?

10. How is the character of Will Herondale described in the novel’s Prologue?

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