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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. Cecily states in her letter to her parents in Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good,” “Glory. Such an odd word, something women are not supposed to want, but is not our queen triumphant? Was not Queen Bess called” what?
(a) “Desperado.”
(b) “The Virgin Queen.”
(c) “Gloriana.”
(d) “The White Queen.”

2. Who is the author of “Laus Veneris,” which is cited in the opening of Chapter 22: “Thunder in the Trumpet”?
(a) Sarah Williams.
(b) Algernon Charles Swinburne.
(c) John Milton.
(d) Gerard Manley Hopkins.

3. To whom is the letter addressed that is written by Charlotte in the opening of Chapter 15: “Stars, Hide Your Fires”?
(a) Aloysius Starkweather.
(b) Woosley Scott.
(c) Bridget Daly.
(d) Josiah Wayland.

4. Cwm Cau is described in Chapter 18: “For This Alone” as a small valley atop the mountain in whose heart rests what clear glacial lake?
(a) Llyn Cau.
(b) Loch Enkeli.
(c) Eremiel.
(d) Iratze.

5. Who writes a letter to Josiah Wayland, telling him to call forth a meeting of the Council, in Chapter 18: “For This Alone”?
(a) Adele Starkweather.
(b) Mortmain.
(c) Aloysius Starkweather.
(d) Victor Whitelaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of his siblings does Gabriel refer to as “a useless fool” when he speaks with Charlotte in the beginning of Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good”?

2. The poem “Adonais: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats” which opens Chapter 14: “Parabatai” was written by whom?

3. Whom does Henry tell to take and throw the box from his pocket in Chapter 21: “Burning Gold”?

4. As Cicely sits in the training room after being told that Charlotte has sent for the Silent Brothers in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains,” the narrator says “Part of her mind was there in the Institute, but the rest was with Will: on the back of a horse, leaning into the wind, riding hell-for-leather over the roads that separated London from” where?

5. From what Shakespearean play is the title of Chapter 15: “Stars, Hide Your Fires” derived?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events led Mortmain to kidnap Aloysius Starkweather’s granddaughter?

2. What does Mortmain tell Tessa he plans to do with her in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?

3. What is the outcome for Will and Tessa in Chapter 24: "The Measure of Love"?

4. How is Tessa’s condition described in Chapter 22: "Thunder in the Trumpet"? What does Will suggest will help her?

5. How does Will find Tessa in Chapter 19: "To Lie and Burn"? What happens between them in this chapter?

6. What is Magnus Bane’s lineage? How old is Magnus Bane?

7. How does Mortmain explain Tessa’s birth, despite the fact that half-demon, half-Shadowhunters are supposedly stillborn?

8. What does Charlotte say in her letter after Gabriel’s confession in Chapter 17: "Only Noble To Be Good"?

9. How are Tessa and Will awoken in Chapter 20: "The Infernal Devices"? Who greets them?

10. When and where is the Epilogue set? What does Tessa learn in this chapter?

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