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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What creatures attack Will when he is slumped outside of the stable at the inn in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?
(a) Vampires.
(b) Otherworlders.
(c) Werewolves.
(d) Killer worms.

3. 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?
(a) The Merry Wives of Windsor.
(b) Gone With the Wind.
(c) A Tale of Two Cities.
(d) To Kill A Mockingbird.

4. As Sophie sits by Jem’s bedside in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains,” the narrator says that Jem speaks aloud occasionally in his sleep but in what language?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Welsh.
(c) Elvin.
(d) Mandarin.

5. What is the material called that is used to make steles and Seraph blades?
(a) Iratze.
(b) Armaros.
(c) Adamas.
(d) Yanluo.

6. What book does Will leave outside of Tessa’s room as a gift to her in Chapter 24: “The Measure of Love”?
(a) Huckleberry Finn.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) David Copperfield.
(d) A Tale of Two Cities.

7. The letter that Charlotte has sitting on her desk from the Council reveals what information in Chapter 22: “Thunder in the Trumpet”?
(a) A demand that Charlotte divorce her husband.
(b) An offer for Charlotte to become Consul.
(c) An offer for Charlotte to become head of the New York Institute.
(d) A demand that Charlotte depart her position as head of the London Institute.

8. When Charlotte comes into Jem’s room while Sophie sits by his bed in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains,” she tells Sophie that “Bridget’s in one of her moods; she says she can’t find” what?
(a) “The wizard’s hat.”
(b) “The Royal Tea.”
(c) “The Bang Mary.”
(d) “The Pennyroyal.”

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

10. Whose Ascension takes place in the beginning of Chapter 24: “The Measure of Love”?
(a) Sophie Collins’s.
(b) Cyril Tanner’s.
(c) Woosley Scott's.
(d) Victor Whitelaw's.

11. The sword that is offered to Will by Jem’s uncle in Chapter 24: “The Measure of Love” is inscribed with a name. What is the name on the sword?
(a) Cortana.
(b) Nakir.
(c) Armaros.
(d) Eremiel.

12. What is the location listed for Cecily’s parents in the letter that she sends to them in Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good”?
(a) Gloucester, Scotland.
(b) West Riding, Yorkshire.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Dublin, Ireland.

13. What does Tessa see has left a mark on Will’s body “in the shape of a pale white star” after she has consummated her love with him in the end of Chapter 19: “To Lie and Burn”?
(a) Her clockwork angel.
(b) Her betrothal necklace.
(c) Her Iratze rune.
(d) Her wedding ring.

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

15. Who is in the process of developing a transportation device in Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good”?
(a) Tatiana Blackthorn.
(b) Benedict Lightwood.
(c) Henry Branwell.
(d) Mortmain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jem’s bridal gift to Tessa is discovered by Will on his journey in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains.” What kind of pendant is on the necklace?

2. Where does Tessa have a scar from where she burned herself the day she told Will she was engaged to Jem, according to the narrator in Chapter 18: “For This Alone”?

3. Tessa asks Mortmain in Chapter 18: “For This Alone,” “How long has it been since you have seen that you have” what?

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

5. Who saves Will from the automaton when his Seraph blade dissolves outside the inn in Chapter 18: “For This Alone”?

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