The Angel of Darkness Quiz

Where is Stevie Taggert’s tobacco shop located in the opening of the novel?

Flatiron Building
Madison Square Garden
Albemarle Hotel
The Metropolitan Life Tower

How long after the events of The Alienist are the main events of this novel centered?

2 years
6 months
3 years
1 year

What event marks the start of the main events of the novel?

Sara Howard, Stevie, and Cyrus breaking into John’s bachelor flat at 34 Gramercy Park.
Dr. Kreizler being forced to leave his Institute due to an ongoing police investigation relating to a patient’s suicide.
Sara Howard breaking into Dr. Kreizler’s house at 283 East Seventeenth Street.
Stevie breaking into Sara Howard’s private investigation office at 808 Broadway.

Narciso Linares, the father of the abducted Ana Linares, holds what position at the Spanish consulate?

Consular agent.
Consul-general.
Private secretary.
Vice-consul.

Why did Isabella Linares, the mother of Ana, contact Sara Howard?

Her husband wanted to wait and see if a ransom note arrived before going to the police.
Her husband beat her and she wanted her husband investigated.
Her husband did not want her to go to the police about Ana’s abduction.
Her husband blamed her for Ana’s abduction and she was afraid that the police would do the same.

What are the Isaacson brothers doing when Stevie and Cyrus find them on the night they first hear about Ana’s abduction?

Conducting an examination of a decapitated head found in the Hudson River.
Conducting an examination of a torso found in the Hudson River.
Working at police headquarters in Mulberry Street.
Interviewing a group of young boys who found a body when skinny-dipping in the Hudson River.

Where was Isabella Linares attacked?

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Central Park Zoo
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park Sheep Meadow

Where did Isabella Linares see a woman holding Ana three days after the abduction?

On a train.
On a tram.
In a hansom cab.
In the street.

What does John do in order to convince Dr. Kreizler to join the investigation into Ana’s abduction?

Drop a photo of Ana’s mother on the ground.
Drop a photo of Ana on the ground.
Encourage Dr. Kreizler to talk to Ana’s father.
Encourage Dr. Kreizler to talk to Ana’s mother.

Where does Kat Devlin, Stevie’s love interest, work during the main events of the novel?

On the streets.
The Hudson Dusters’ headquarters.
Frankie’s dive.
Monk Eastman's headquarters.

What implement was used to knock Isabella Linares unconscious during Ana's abduction?

A large rock.
A piece of pipe.
A brick from a nearby construction site.
An umbrella.

Why was a political motivation for the abduction ruled out?

The Spanish would have met any ransom demand to get Ana back alive in order to avoid war.
Neither the Cubans nor the American war party would have the funds to hire a governess or nurse to look after Ana, while the Spanish wouldn’t have needed to because they could have staged the abduction with the mother’s full knowledge.
If the goal was a diplomatic incident then the party responsible would have made their demands public by the time Isabella Linares contacted Sara.
If the goal was a diplomatic incident then neither the Cubans nor the American war party would have kept Ana alive, while the Spanish would have kept her more securely hidden.

Which artist does Dr. Kreizler hire to create a sketch of the woman Isabella Linares saw holding Ana?

Albert Pinkham Ryder
John Singer Sargent
William Merritt Chase
Cecilia Beaux

An unknown assailant uses a traditional Filipino knife to threaten Miss Howard following the sketching session at 808 Broadway. What type of knife do they use?

Gunong
Kris
Baraw
Pakal

The woman Isabella Linares saw holding Ana was discovered to have previously been employed at which of the following hospitals?

New York Lying-In Hospital
St. Vincent’s Hospital
New York Infant Asylum
Old Marion Street Maternity Hospital

What unusual circumstance surrounds her employment at the hospital?

A number of babies she attended were later reported missing within weeks of their birth.
An unusually high number of babies she attended died within weeks of their birth.
An unusually high number of babies she attended developed severe illnesses while in her care.
An unusually high number of mothers developed severe illnesses while their babies were in her care.

The woman Isabella Linares saw holding Ana is most widely known as Libby Hatch within the novel. What is NOT one of her other names or aliases?

Elspeth Hunter
Elspeth Knox
Elspeth Hatch
Elspeth Franklin

Which gang do the team discover Libby is associated with during the main events of the novel?

The Five Points Gang
The Yakey Yakes
The Hudson Dusters
The Eastman Gang

During the team’s first visit to Libby’s house, what do they discover about Ana’s whereabouts?

She is not being hidden, she is being kept at the house openly under the pretense of being Libby’s orphaned niece.
Nothing, they find no trace of Ana.
She is being hidden in a secret nursery at the house.
She is not being hidden, she is being kept at the house openly under the pretense of being Libby’s own daughter.

During this first visit, what breaks up the confrontation between the team members who remain in the carriage outside Libby’s house and the gang Libby is associated with?

A gang member is struck by a small poisonous stick from an unknown assailant.
A team member is struck by another traditional Filipino knife from an unknown assailant.
A team member is struck by a small poisonous stick from an unknown assailant.
A gang member is struck by another traditional Filipino knife from an unknown assailant.

What article of clothing does Lucius Isaacson ask Kat Devlin to steal from Libby?

A coat or jacket with large flat buttons.
A skirt with a large flat button at the waist opening.
A skirt made of a fabric that was likely to pick up hair fibers (e.g., wool).
A coat or jacket made of a fabric that was likely to pick up hair fibers (e.g., wool).

What does Lucius find when he receives the clothing Kat steals from Libby?

A fingerprint match to the weapon found at the abduction scene and some of Libby’s hair fibers.
A fingerprint match to the weapon found at the abduction scene and some of Ana’s hair fibers.
Only some of Ana's hair fibers.
Some of Libby's hair fibers as well as Ana's hair fibers.

What animal does Stevie borrow from Hickie the Hun to help locate Ana?

A small terrier.
A raccoon.
A ferret.
A stoat.

What happened to the contractor who completed construction work on Libby’s house?

He left the city following completion of the work and does not wish to talk to the team about the job.
He died from a heart attack on the final day of construction.
Nothing, he is alive and well, and still working in the city.
He became seriously ill following completion of the work and is not expected to make a recovery.

Although Stevie is unable to locate Ana when he breaks into Libby’s house, what key pieces of evidence does he manage to obtain?

Documents relating to a child Libby appears to be planning to abduct.
Documents relating to another child Libby abducted in the past.
Documents relating to children Libby poisoned while she was employed in a hospital.
Documents relating to a child Libby poisoned when she was employed as a wet nurse.

Who did Libby claim shot and killed her three children while she was living in Ballston Spa before she moved to New York City?

A madman.
A jilted lover.
An escaped criminal.
A highway robber.

Which prominent New York family did Libby work for when she first arrived in New York City?

The Vanderbilt family.
The Morgan family.
The Rockefeller family.
The Astor family.

Why does the team move the investigation to Ballston Spa?

The team need to search records located in the town that relate to the shooting of Libby’s three children.
Rupert Picton, a lawyer in the town and a friend of John’s, would like Dr. Kreizler to assess Libby’s sole surviving child, Clara Hatch, who is still located in the town.
Rupert Picton, a lawyer in the town and a friend of John’s, believes Libby shot her own children while she was living in Ballston Spa in order to benefit from her deceased husband’s will.
It is necessary for the team to speak to Libby’s family, several of whom are still located in the town.

What mode(s) of transport do the team use to travel upstate to visit John Moore’s friend, Rupert Picton, in Ballston Spa?

Train to Troy, then buckboard from Troy to Ballston Spa.
Steamer to Troy, then buckboard from Troy to Ballston Spa.
Train for the entire journey to Ballston Spa.
Steamer to Troy, then train from Troy to Ballston Spa.

One of Libby’s three children, Clara Hatch, is still living but has suffered long-term damage from her traumatic experiences. What sort of damage has Clara been left with?

Limited use of her right arm and no ability to speak.
Limited use of her right arm and a bad limp.
A bad limp and no ability to speak.
No ability to speak.

In addition to a gun, what else do the team retrieve from the old Hatch house to run forensic tests on relating to the shooting of Libby's children?

Fragments of a wagon.
Fragments of a wooden bench.
The children’s clothing.
Libby’s clothing.

What key evidence do the team obtain by examining the gun that they found at the old Hatch house?

The gun had been wiped down, preventing the team from conducting a fingerprint analysis.
The fingerprints on the gun were not a match to Libby Hatch.
Only one bullet had been fired, indicating that Libby must have used a second gun in addition to the retrieved gun to shoot the children.
Only two bullets had been fired, indicating that Libby must have used a single bullet to shoot two of the children.

Why do the team exhume the remains of Matthew Hatch, one of Libby’s three children who didn’t survive the shooting?

The team wanted to be able to compare the hair fibers they had collected from the clothing they retrieved to the children for a definitive match.
The team needed to be able to locate the bullets fired from the second gun in order to run ballistics tests for when they located the second weapon.
No bullets were found in the wood fragments they had collected so the team concluded that the bullets must still be lodged in the remains of the two deceased children.
One bullet was missing from the wood fragments they had collected so the team concluded that it must still be lodged in the remains of Matthew Hatch.

How many of Libby’s children do the team believe were the product of an affair she was having with Reverend Parker instead of being the offspring of her husband at the time, Daniel Hatch?

Three
None
One
Two

What did Libby do after Mrs. Muhlenberg of Stillwater confronted her for poisoning her baby while working as her wet nurse?

Attacked her with a knife and disfigured her face.
Attacked her husband with a knife and disfigured his face.
Set fire to her house.
Shot her husband.

Who does El Niño, the Filipino aborigine pygmy who has been following the team, confront on a road near Ballston Spa to indicate that he wishes to help the investigation?

Sara Howard and Stevie Taggert.
Dr. Kreizler and Stevie Taggert.
Rupert Picton and Stevie Taggert.
Stevie Taggert alone.

Who engages Clarence Darrow to represent Libby Hatch at the trial into the shooting of her children?

Cornelius Vanderbilt II
John Davison Rockefeller
John Jacob Astor IV
John Pierpont Morgan

Where does Libby move Ana in preparation for the trial?

The house of her wealthy former employer in New York City.
Her family’s house in upstate New York.
The headquarters of the gang that she is associated with in New York City.
She doesn’t move Ana anywhere in preparation for the trial.

Who is the first witness to be called to the stand?

Clara Hatch, to testify against her mother.
Morton Jones, the former sheriff.
Dr. Lawrence, the coroner.
Lucius Isaacson, to present the ballistics evidence.

How does Clarence Darrow discredit Clara Hatch’s testimony?

He paints her testimony as being planted by Dr. Kreizler.
He tries to make Clara break down while being cross-examined.
He highlights an inconsistency in her testimony.
He paints her testimony as being planted by Rupert Picton.

How is Reverend Parker killed before being able to testify at the trial?

He falls over the railing of the steamer that was bringing him upriver from New York City.
He falls onto the tracks at Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
He falls into the path of a tram in New York City.
He has a heart attack.

How does Clarence Darrow discredit Dr. Kreizler?

He accuses Dr. Kreizler of planting Clara’s testimony so that he can use her case as further evidence of his theory of context.
He accuses Dr. Kreizler of having improper dealings with children.
He accuses Dr. Kreizler of planting Clara’s testimony for personal reasons relating to his own childhood trauma.
He raises the issue of the investigation currently being undertaken into the suicide of one of Dr. Kreizler’s patients at the Institute.

Sara Howard finally discovers that Libby Hatch was born in which of the following towns?

Troy, New York
Stillwater, New York
Saratoga Springs, New York
Schaghticoke, New York

What do Sara, Stevie, and Dr. Kreizler conclude from the interview they conduct with Libby’s family in her hometown?

She concealed a pregnancy from her family, at a late term swallowed large enough doses of arsenic to abort the baby, and then killed her dog so that she would have a reason for burying the aborted baby.
A baby Libby gave birth to while still living with her family died within weeks of birth due to asphyxia.
A baby Libby gave birth to while still living with her family died within weeks of birth due to Libby swallowing doses of arsenic large enough to poison the baby through her milk.
She concealed a pregnancy from her family, killed the baby at birth, and then killed her dog so that she would have a reason for burying the baby.

What does Libby do when confronted with the news that the team now have hard evidence that she killed another of her previous children?

She murders Rupert Picton and escapes.
She murders a guard and escapes.
She murders a guard and Rupert Picton and escapes.
She murders two guards and escapes.

What happens when Kat attempts to keep an eye on Ana upon Libby’s return to New York City?

Libby laces Kat’s liquor with strychnine.
Libby laces Kat’s liquor with arsenic.
Libby laces Kat’s cocaine with strychnine.
Libby laces Kat’s cocaine with arsenic.

After Libby returns to her home with Ana, how do the team get through the gang members littering her neighborhood in order to confront Libby?

Theodore Roosevelt re-joins the team and directs a band of sailors from the Navy to ambush the gang.
Theodore Roosevelt corresponds with the team and via telegram directs a band of sailors from the Navy to ambush the gang.
Theodore Roosevelt corresponds with the team and via telegram directs a large number of police officers to ambush the gang.
Theodore Roosevelt re-joins the team and directs a large number of police officers to ambush the gang.

Who kills Libby during the team’s final confrontation with her?

Sara Howard
El Niño
Dr. Kreizler
Stevie Taggert

Which team member is injured during the team’s final confrontation with Libby?

Sara Howard
Stevie Taggert
El Niño
Dr. Kreizler

Where do the team find Ana?

In a bedroom of the house that has been turned into a makeshift nursery.
In a beautiful nursery located through a secret door in the basement.
On the rooftop where they had their final confrontation with Libby.
In a makeshift nursery located in the basement of the house.