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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. Gabriel tells Cecily that Will once injured him how, in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?
(a) He almost choked him to death.
(b) He stabbed him in the heart.
(c) He broke his leg.
(d) He broke his arm.

2. Whom has Will summoned to the Institute to talk to about Jem’s condition and his futility to save him in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?
(a) Josiah Wayland.
(b) Magnus Bane.
(c) Mortmain.
(d) Henry Branwell.

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?
(a) To Chiswick.
(b) To the Silent City.
(c) To the Council Chambers.
(d) To Cair Paravel.

4. The poem “In Memoriam A.H.H.” which is cited in the opening of Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” was written by whom?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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?
(a) “New York.”
(b) “Chiswick.”
(c) “York.”
(d) “Idris.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In the letter from Gideon and Gabriel to the Consul in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire,” it is stated that Mrs. Branwell is “in almost daily communications with” what great-uncle of hers?

2. How many miles north of London is Will said to be in the opening of Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?

3. The seamstress says in the beginning of Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row” that what month is “a fortuitous time for a marriage”?

4. What Shakespearean play is cited in the opening of Chapter 4: “To Be Wise and Love”?

5. How long ago did Cecily come to the London Institute, according to the narrator in Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Cecily Herondale tell Will she believes Mortmain is in hiding in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”? What has led to this conclusion?

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

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

7. Where does Consul Wayland actually take Gideon and Gabriel Lightwood in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness”? Why?

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

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

10. Describe Josiah Wayland’s history in The Infernal Devices series. What is Josiah’s position in the novel?

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