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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through January-June, 1662.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens on New Year's Day 1662 when Pepys wakes up?
(a) He hates himself for not meeting last year's resolutions.
(b) He falls out of bed.
(c) He goes to the bank.
(d) He hits his wife in the nose.

2. Where does Pepys go first when he begins his new promotion?
(a) His fleet sails into the English Channel.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) His horse takes him to the next town over.

3. What does the person who Pepys calls do when he feels under the weather?
(a) Performs bloodletting.
(b) Gives him a pep talk.
(c) Gives him a day off.
(d) Gives him a massage.

4. What happens when Pepys sees that a maid has been negligent?
(a) He fires her.
(b) He does nothing.
(c) He tells his wife to deal with it.
(d) He beats her.

5. Not only is Pepys abstaining in July-December 1661, but he is striving to be what?
(a) The first one to abstain from bathing.
(b) The first one to abstain from sex.
(c) The first one to abstain from smoking.
(d) The first one to abstain from wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Pepys's abstinence last?

2. Who does Pepys suspect of theft in July-December 1660?

3. What brings Pepys to the person who holds the final authority over the Navy in July -December 1661?

4. What is one thing Pepys's wife does with her appearance in January-June 1661?

5. Due to Pepys's position with the government in January-June 1660, what does he get propositioned with right away?

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