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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 is the name of the housemaid that comes to awaken Clara on her birthday in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?
(a) Cassandra
(b) Mr. Pinchbeck
(c) Mrs. Fettle
(d) Agnes

2. The legend on the puppet cart of Grisini’s says “The Phenomenal Professor Grisini and his” what?
(a) Marionettes of Wonder
(b) Magnificent Puppets
(c) Venetian Fantoccini
(d) Muppet Masterpiece

3. Where had Clara first encountered Grisini’s puppet-stage, according to the narrator in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?
(a) Central Park
(b) Hyde Park
(c) Prospect Park
(d) Dover Park

4. What month is it said to be when Clara awakens on her birthday in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?
(a) December
(b) November
(c) September
(d) January

5. What season is noted in the opening of Part One: “Fog”?
(a) Winter
(b) Autumn
(c) Spring
(d) Summer

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time are the guests to arrive for Clara’s birthday party in the beginning of the novel?

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

3. In the beginning of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1, Clara considers that if it is too foggy, Grisini might not come and that her birthday “would be like all the others, with a trip” where “in the morning”?

4. What year is noted in the opening of Part One: “Fog”?

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

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