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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: “Fire” and Part One: “Fog,” Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is noted in the opening of Part One: “Fog”?
(a) 1901
(b) 1874
(c) 1860
(d) 1798

2. The children that are coming to Clara’s birthday party in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1 are said to be the children of her parents’ friends who live where?
(a) Greenwich Village
(b) The Upper East Side
(c) Chester Square
(d) The West End

3. At what time are the guests to arrive for Clara’s birthday party in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 5:00 p.m.
(b) 1:00 p.m.
(c) 4:30 p.m.
(d) 3:00 p.m.

4. What word from the Prologue: “Fire” refers to a delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques?
(a) Cameo
(b) Filigree
(c) Laminate
(d) Porcelain

5. What traditional, popular English puppet show does the housemaid suggest should be enough for Clara in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?
(a) Sir Camelot
(b) The Royal Marionettes
(c) Sesame Street
(d) Punch and Judy

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair is Lizzie Rose described as having in the narrative?

2. How many years ago did Grisini take Parsefall from a workhouse, according to the narrator in Part One: “Fog”?

3. The legend on the puppet cart of Grisini’s says “The Phenomenal Professor Grisini and his” what?

4. How many years ago had Grisini warned Cassandra of the phoenix-stone’s powers, according to the narrator in the Prologue: “Fire”?

5. What ailment did Clara’s siblings die from?

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