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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 word used in the novel refers to a pair of Nephilim warriors who fight together and are closer than siblings, regardless of their gender?
(a) Eremiel.
(b) Parabatai.
(c) Automatons.
(d) Mundanes.

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”?
(a) The Club Eremiel.
(b) The Argent Rooms.
(c) Studio 54.
(d) The Yin Fen Room.

3. What is the name of the demon that murdered Jem’s parents?
(a) Yanluo.
(b) Mortmain.
(c) Iknibar.
(d) Jeremiah.

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

5. Where does Cecily spend the bulk of her time at the London Institute, according to the narrator in Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish”?
(a) Her bedroom.
(b) The training room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The estate gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charlotte tells the Consul in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” that “Benedict Lightwood had been discovered to be in the last stages of” what?

2. The literary citation that opens Chapter 9: “Graven in Metal” is from the epic poem Paradise Lost. Who wrote this literary work?

3. Gabriel claims in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” to have killed the worm by putting an arrow through it where?

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

5. 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”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where is Will Herondale located in the opening of Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?

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

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

7. What musical instrument does Jem play for Tessa in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”? Why?

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

9. What happens to Tessa in the ending of Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?

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

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