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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With people either dying of the plague or leaving for the country, London looks what way?
(a) The same.
(b) Very deserted.
(c) As it did two years ago.
(d) Very full.

2. What happens when Pepys tries to flirt with an attractive woman in July-December 1667?
(a) He has an affair with her.
(b) He is caught by a neighbor.
(c) His wife tries to poke him with a pin.
(d) His father scolds him.

3. What play does Pepys see in July-December, 1664?
(a) The General.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(d) Hamlet.

4. When Pepys and his wife were poorer, the wife had to help with what chores?
(a) Yard work and cooking.
(b) Dishes and laundry.
(c) Sweeping and ironing.
(d) Washing and cooking.

5. How much is Pepys worth at the end of 1664?
(a) 5,000 pounds.
(b) 1,439 pounds.
(c) Nothing.
(d) 1,349 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Pepys attends a gambling party with friends?

2. What account proves profitable and earns praise for Pepys in January-June 1665?

3. Why did Mrs. Knipp miss the event she did in January-June 1666?

4. Pepys has his first visit to who in January-June 1668?

5. When Pepys first hears about this emergency in July-December, 1666, what does he do?

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