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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pepys admit to doing in some of his meetings with the person who has final authority over the Navy?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Bluffing.
(c) Eating.
(d) Sleeping.

2. What kind of musical interests does Pepys have in January-June 1660?
(a) Both instrumental and vocal.
(b) Just vocal.
(c) He hates music.
(d) Just instrumental.

3. What causes Pepys's worry about the financial state?
(a) Just based on a feeling he has.
(b) A review of the ledgers show serious debts.
(c) Someone told him to worry.
(d) A review of the ledger shows no debt but not enough income.

4. In anger, what does Pepys rip up in January -June 1663
(a) All of Will's paperwork.
(b) All of the Duke's paperwork.
(c) All of his wife's paperwork.
(d) All of his wife's books.

5. What does Pepys admit about the victim in the crime that he witnesses?
(a) That he wishes he was setting fire in the arson.
(b) That he never liked the murder victim.
(c) That the victim deserved to be robbed.
(d) That he wishes he was in the rapist's place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pepys's country house called?

2. Who takes singing lessons?

3. What does Pepys do with the gift he receives for his wife?

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

5. What kind of lessons does Pepys decide to begin in July-December 1662?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the struggle with Pepys's wife's companions in July-December 1663.

2. How do Pepys and his wife show that they care very much about outward appearances in January-June 1661?

3. Explain Pepys's feeling about the King wearing a wig.

4. Pepys also admits something horrible about a crime he witnessed. What did he admit?

5. Describe the state of Pepys's and his wife's relationship in July-December 1668?

6. What happens in July-December 1661 to show that Pepys and his wife still have a long way to go fashionably?

7. What is the meaning behind Pepys beginning to discipline the household staff?

8. Why does Pepys's plan to lead a frugal life also include some indulgence?

9. What causes Pepys to rejoice in January-June 1663?

10. Explain why Pepys is celebrating the anniversary of the bladder surgery.

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