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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through January-June, 1666.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pepys feelings about his wife's need for a companion?
(a) He fights with her about it.
(b) He has no feelings on the issue.
(c) He likes the idea.
(d) He is jealous.

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

3. No one can get into cemeteries except who?
(a) Pepys's family.
(b) Just royality.
(c) The very rich.
(d) The very poor.

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

5. In January-June 1660, what does Pepys celebrate the anniversary of?
(a) His mother's death.
(b) The removal of a kidney stone.
(c) His wedding.
(d) The removal of a bladder stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Every March, what does Pepys flash back to?

2. Why is Pepys jealous of someone in January-June 1663?

3. What is the highlight of January-June 1661, according to Pepys's account?

4. What does Pepys admit to doing in some of his meetings with the person who has final authority over the Navy?

5. For his wife in in January-June 1663, Pepys arranges what?

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