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

2. Who is the author of Confessions: Book IV from which the excerpt is taken which opens Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?
(a) Saint Augustine.
(b) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) Algernon Charles Swinburne.

3. What is the name of the carriage driver of the London Institute?
(a) Aloysius Starkweather.
(b) Woosley Scott.
(c) Cyril Tanner.
(d) Victor Whitelaw.

4. What is the name of the medicine that Jem is in need of in Chapter 3: “To the Last Hour”?
(a) Iratze.
(b) Opium.
(c) Enkeli.
(d) Yin fen.

5. In the opening of Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm,” the Institute’s carriage rolls through the gates of Lightwood House in what setting?
(a) York.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Cadair Idris.
(d) Chiswick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jem say is downstairs “making the most dreadful row” in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?

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

3. What village does Will hope to reach by nightfall in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?

4. What month is it when the Institute’s carriage rolls into the gates of Lightwood House in Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm”?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. 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”?

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

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

10. What is the back-story of Mrs. Black in The Infernal Devices trilogy?

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