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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 wrote “At Villequier,” which is cited in the beginning of the Epilogue?
(a) Alexander Pope.
(b) Algernon Charles Swinburne.
(c) Victor Hugo.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

2. Whose poetry is Will reading to Henry when Charlotte enters the study in Chapter 22: “Thunder in the Trumpet”?
(a) John Milton's.
(b) William Shakespear's.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s.
(d) Percy Bysshe Shelley’s.

3. Tessa asks Mortmain in Chapter 18: “For This Alone,” “How long has it been since you have seen that you have” what?
(a) “A heart.”
(b) “A soul.”
(c) “A wife.”
(d) “A brain.”

4. The Silent Brothers are said to be both the doctors and what of the Shadowhunter world in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains”?
(a) The deities.
(b) The cannibals.
(c) The destroyers.
(d) The priests.

5. According to Aloysius Starkweather’s story in Chapter 15: “Stars, Hide Your Fires,” he is related to Tessa Gray how?
(a) He is her great uncle.
(b) He is her grandfather
(c) He is her great-grandfather.
(d) He is her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of William Shakespeare’s plays does Will quote and then say is “Not one of the better plays,” in Chapter 24: “The Measure of Love”?

2. What novel does Tessa think of while speaking with Mortmain in Chapter 18: “For This Alone,” in which she imagines the characters of Lucie Manette and Sydney Carton?

3. Who is the author of “In Nunhead Cemetery,” the poem that is cited in the opening of Chapter 19: “To Lie and Burn”?

4. Tessa tells Will in Chapter 19: “To Lie and Burn” that she too wishes for an honorable death, like the death of whom?

5. Where at the London Institute does Gabriel find Cecily and kiss her in Chapter 22: “Thunder in the Trumpet”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Woolsey Scott. What is Woolsey’s history in The Infernal Devices series?

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

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

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

5. How is Tessa’s clockwork angel described? What are the pendant’s origins?

6. Tessa learns from Mortmain in his chambers his reasons for kidnapping her in Chapter 14: “Parabatai.” What are the reasons?

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

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

9. How does Tessa succeed in destroying Mortmain in Chapter 21: "Burning Gold"?

10. What event changes the course of the battle between the automatons and the Shadowhunters in Chapter 21: "Burning Gold"?

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