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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. The poetic excerpt from “Lines: When the Lamp is Shattered,” which opens Chapter 16: “The Clockwork Princess” was written by whom?
(a) Algernon Charles Swinburne.
(b) Alexander Pope.
(c) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(d) Sarah Williams.

2. The angel that appears when Tessa throws down her clockwork angel tells her that his name was what before he was imprisoned in the object, in Chapter 18: “For This Alone”?
(a) Nakir.
(b) Ithuriel.
(c) Eremiel.
(d) Armaros.

3. When Jem reappears in the novel as a Silent Brother, he tells Will that his staff was made by whom, in Chapter 21: “Burning Gold”?
(a) The Dark Sisters.
(b) Mortmain.
(c) The White Sisters.
(d) The Iron Sisters.

4. The automaton that accompanies Mortmain in Chapter 18: “For This Alone” says to Tessa, “I fought Johnathan Shadowhunter on the plains of” what location?
(a) “Iratze.”
(b) “Cair Paravel.”
(c) “Brocelind.”
(d) “Enkeli.”

5. To whom is the letter addressed that is written by Charlotte in the opening of Chapter 15: “Stars, Hide Your Fires”?
(a) Woosley Scott.
(b) Josiah Wayland.
(c) Aloysius Starkweather.
(d) Bridget Daly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of “The Harlot’s House,” which is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 20: “The Infernal Devices”?

2. Cecily states in her letter to her parents in Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good,” “Glory. Such an odd word, something women are not supposed to want, but is not our queen triumphant? Was not Queen Bess called” what?

3. According to Aloysius Starkweather’s story in Chapter 15: “Stars, Hide Your Fires,” he is related to Tessa Gray how?

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?

5. 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”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the automatons to become animated in Chapter 20: "The Infernal Devices"?

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

3. How does Will Herondale come to the realization of Jem’s “death” in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?

4. How is Henry Branwell injured in Chapter 21: "Burning Gold"?

5. What are the Shadowhunters admiring in the opening of Chapter 20: "The Infernal Devices"?

6. What physical conflict takes place in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?

7. What discovery is made regarding Brother Zachariah in Chapter 21: "Burning Gold"?

8. How is Tessa’s life after Will’s death described in Chapter 24: "The Measure of Love"?

9. When and where is the Epilogue set? What does Tessa learn in this chapter?

10. How does Gabriel’s confession in Chapter 17: "Only Noble To Be Good" change the plan of action for the Shadowhunters?

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