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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Gabriel and Gideon Lightwood’s father in the novel?
(a) James Lightwood.
(b) Abel Lightwood.
(c) Abraham Lightwood.
(d) Benedict Lightwood.

2. What village does Will hope to reach by nightfall in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?
(a) Bedfordshire.
(b) Chiswick.
(c) Hockliffe.
(d) Cwn Annwn.

3. 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) York.
(c) Cadair Idris.
(d) Dublin.

4. When Will departs the unconscious and dying Jem in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand,” he says “Atque in pepetuum, frater, ave atque vale.” What does this Latin phrase translate to in English?
(a) “Brothers in arms, brothers in souls.”
(b) “Loyalty forever, and nobility for all time.”
(c) “May the wind be always at your back, fair brother.”
(d) “Forever and ever, my brother, hail and farewell.”

5. The poem “Laus Veneris” that opens Chapter 5: “A Heart Divided” was written by whom?
(a) Algernon Charles Swinburne.
(b) Algernon Charles Swinburne.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

6. Charlotte tells the Consul in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” that “Benedict Lightwood had been discovered to be in the last stages of” what?
(a) “Astriola.”
(b) “Cancer.”
(c) “AIDS.”
(d) “Dementia.”

7. What musical instrument does Jem play for Tessa in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?
(a) Violin.
(b) Harp.
(c) Piano.
(d) Guitar.

8. Gabriel claims in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” to have killed the worm by putting an arrow through it where?
(a) Its heart.
(b) Its torso.
(c) Its tail.
(d) Its eye.

9. What estate does Cecily say Mortmain gave to her father when they lost their home near Dolgellau in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?
(a) Wolfbane Manor.
(b) Ravenscar Manor.
(c) Agar Manor.
(d) Arelium Manor.

10. What word from Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” refers to a dish consisting of cooked, flaked fish, boiled rice, parsley, hard-boiled eggs, curry powder, and butter or cream?
(a) Parabatai.
(b) Enkeli.
(c) Posset.
(d) Kedgeree.

11. What year is described in the opening of the Prologue?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1862.

12. The folk rhyme that opens Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row” begins with the line “Marry on Monday for” what?
(a) “Health.”
(b) “Children.”
(c) “Love.”
(d) “Loss.”

13. What gemstone is described in the necklace that Will has given Cecily before departing the London Institute in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?
(a) Garnet.
(b) Sapphire.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Emerald.

14. What Shakespearean play is cited in the opening of Chapter 4: “To Be Wise and Love”?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Troilus and Cressida.
(d) The Merry Wives of Windsor.

15. What word in the novel is used to describe a secretive demon-hunting race of humans born with angelic blood that has survived for over a thousand years?
(a) Shadowhunters.
(b) Ifrits.
(c) Mudanes.
(d) Vampires.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Jessamine when she first came to the London Institute?

2. What is the name of the cat that lives at the London Institute and that surprises Jem and Tessa as they embrace in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?

3. The poem “In Memoriam A.H.H.” which is cited in the opening of Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” was written by whom?

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

5. What month is it when the Institute’s carriage rolls into the gates of Lightwood House in Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm”?

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