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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who retires from leading the Navy in July-December 1666?
(a) The King.
(b) The Duke of York.
(c) Pepys.
(d) Lord Sandwich.

2. Who returns to London to poor public support in January-June 1666?
(a) The King.
(b) Lady Lord Sandwich.
(c) Pepys.
(d) Lord Sandwich.

3. Who correctly predicted The Great Fire?
(a) Pepys.
(b) The King.
(c) Pepys wife.
(d) Nostradamus.

4. As the new year of 1665 starts, what does Pepys wife rebuke him for?
(a) His jealousy.
(b) His spending.
(c) His affairs.
(d) His drinking.

5. What happened to Pepys's own physician?
(a) He moved in next door.
(b) He died.
(c) He went to the country.
(d) He left town.

6. What is Pepys's excuse this time in January-June 1667 for making an exception to his vow not to drink wine?
(a) The weather is very cold.
(b) The wine will go bad.
(c) He wants to celebrate.
(d) Times are tough.

7. What animal does the science experiment involve that Pepys witnesses?
(a) An ox.
(b) A horse.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

8. What does Pepys wife begin a yearly habit of collecting?
(a) Cards from friends.
(b) The May dew.
(c) Cards from doctors.
(d) Money on the street.

9. In November 1664, who does war begin between?
(a) Dutch and Germans.
(b) English and Germans.
(c) French and Dutch.
(d) Dutch and English.

10. What kind of wonder has caught the city's attention in January-June 1668?
(a) A meteor of some sort.
(b) A thundercloud.
(c) A rainbow.
(d) The healing of someone sick.

11. Where is grass seeing growing tall after the plague hits?
(a) White Hall court.
(b) The castle.
(c) The town square.
(d) Pepys's house.

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

13. What is in jeopardy in January-June, 1665?
(a) The status of the Navy.
(b) Pepys's marriage.
(c) Pepys's promotion.
(d) The King's popularity.

14. What treatment does Pepys get for the second time in July-December 1668?
(a) A massage.
(b) Bladder stone surgery.
(c) Foot reflexology.
(d) Bloodletting.

15. What does Mrs. Knipp miss in January-June,1666?
(a) A date.
(b) An appointment.
(c) A party.
(d) An interview.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are several houses quarantined in January-June 1665?

2. What does Pepys think of the item encased in glass?

3. When Pepys and his wife were poorer, the wife had to help with what chores?

4. What does the mayor enact because of the plague?

5. What emergency does Pepys describe for the reader in July-December 1666?

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