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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the New Year bring for residents in the city in January-June 1668?
(a) Another fire.
(b) Price hikes.
(c) Loss of population.
(d) Snow.

2. Who holds a lottery in July-December 1664?
(a) The Duke.
(b) Lord Sandwich.
(c) The King.
(d) Sir Slingsby.

3. Why does Pepys wife begin collecting what she does in January-June 1667?
(a) They need the money.
(b) She becomes sentimental after the fire.
(c) She is in search of a new doctor.
(d) It is said to be good for one's complexion.

4. What has happened to the doctors treating those with the plague?
(a) They are only treating royalty.
(b) They are all still alive.
(c) They have died.
(d) They have left out of fear.

5. Why are several houses quarantined in January-June 1665?
(a) Because of the plague.
(b) Because of lice.
(c) Because of measles.
(d) Pepys does not explain.

6. What problem does Pepys mention for the first time in July-December 1667?
(a) His vision.
(b) His bladder stone.
(c) His heart.
(d) His leg.

7. When Pepys first hears about this emergency in July-December, 1666, what does he do?
(a) Finds the Royals.
(b) Runs out of his house.
(c) Goes back to sleep.
(d) Wake ups his wife.

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

9. What emergency does Pepys describe for the reader in July-December 1666?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) A tornado.
(c) The Great Rain Storm at London.
(d) The Great Fire of London.

10. What happens to the financial status of the Navy in January-June 1666?
(a) Pepys does not write about it.
(b) It stays the same.
(c) It worsens.
(d) It gets better.

11. Pepys has his first visit to who in January-June 1668?
(a) A psychatrist.
(b) A general physician.
(c) A psychic.
(d) A dentist.

12. In July-December 1666, how long has it been since some of the Navy men were paid?
(a) Five hours.
(b) Five years.
(c) Five months.
(d) Five days.

13. What does the mayor enact because of the plague?
(a) A ban on eating vegetables.
(b) A ban on drinking.
(c) A citywide curfew.
(d) A ban on going to pubs.

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

15. What does Pepys say his brother needs to do in July-December 1667?
(a) Get married.
(b) Stay in the country.
(c) Attend school.
(d) Move to the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pepys see the tightrope walkers?

2. What does Pepys say his sister needs to do in July-December 1667?

3. How do the opinions of Pepys and his wife differ over the her new companion?

4. What kind of problem does Pepys have with his wife when July-December 1664 opens?

5. What did Pepys do to his wife in July-December 1664 that he is ashamed of ?

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