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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book is Tessa said to be halfway through reading “and finding it an excellent distraction” in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?
(a) A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
(b) The Castle of Otranto.
(c) A Tale of Two Cities.
(d) A Midwinter's Tale.

2. What was the name of Gideon and Gabriel’s mother in the novel?
(a) Mary Lightwood.
(b) Muriel Lightwood.
(c) Barbara Lightwood.
(d) Elizabeth Lightwood.

3. What day is described as “no luck at all” for marrying in the folk rhyme that opens Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the location of Cecily and Will Herondale’s parents’ home?

2. The seamstress says in the beginning of Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row” that what month is “a fortuitous time for a marriage”?

3. Whose carriage is described drawn up by the steps of Lightwood House when Tessa and the others arrive in Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm”?

4. What historical figure is said to have set the fashion for marrying in white in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?

5. The poem “Laus Veneris” that opens Chapter 5: “A Heart Divided” was written by whom?

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