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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offers to send his friends to find Henry Phipps in Chapter 32?
(a) Mr. Constable.
(b) Mr. Britten.
(c) Mr. Francis.
(d) Mr. Pope.

2. What role is Tobias playing when he arrives at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 39?
(a) Edward the Great.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Sir William McReady.
(d) Sir Spencer Spence.

3. On what street does Tobias live in Chapter 10?
(a) Great Queen Street.
(b) Chancery Lane.
(c) Whitechapel Street.
(d) Lamb’s Conduit Street.

4. What does Tobias take out and spin when he hypnotizes Jack in Chapter 22?
(a) Keys.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Dumbbells.
(d) Magnets.

5. Of what book written Tobias is it said that Mary Oates “never grasped the point”?
(a) Mrs. Darcy.
(b) Oliver Twist.
(c) Great Expectations.
(d) Captain Crumley.

6. What is the name of Tobias’s wife?
(a) Mercy Oates.
(b) Mary Oates.
(c) Elizabeth Oates.
(d) Sarah Oates.

7. Where does Jack say he and his adopted family moved after the summer of 1801?
(a) Islington.
(b) Wapping.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) Whitechapel.

8. The visitor who arrives at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 37 is said to be what by the footman who answers the door?
(a) A painter.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) An actor.
(d) A doctor.

9. What is the name of Tobias’s sister-in-law who lives in his household?
(a) Patricia.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Wilma.

10. Who was the master of Mr. Buckle’s home on Great Queen Street prior to Mr. Buckle?
(a) Mr. Spinks.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) Mr. Quentin.
(d) Mr. Oates.

11. Who is said to have painted a portrait of Tobias in 1838?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Pablo Picasso.
(c) Samuel Laurence.
(d) Lord Byron.

12. Tobias tells the guests at the dinner party in Chapter 7 that the cerebrum “is a vessel that never” what?
(a) “Leaks.”
(b) “Fluctuates.”
(c) “Wavers.”
(d) “Lies.”

13. The Patent Office Library is described as being on what street in Chapter 18?
(a) Finsbury Square.
(b) Great Queen Street.
(c) Lamb’s Conduit Street.
(d) Chancery Lane.

14. What has Jack drunk a bottle of from Mr. Butler’s cellar when he awakens in the morning in Chapter 32?
(a) Gin.
(b) Wine.
(c) Claret.
(d) Scotch whisky.

15. What does Edward Constable define in Chapter 38 as someone who is “rich and has no manners”?
(a) An intellectual.
(b) A snob.
(c) A debutante.
(d) An eccentric.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the bookstore called Lackington’s Temple of the Muses said to be located in Chapter 18?

2. What night of the week is it when the man with the red waistcoat arrives in London in the opening of Chapter 1?

3. How many “errands” does Jack say he and his companion did for Silas in the summer of 1801 in his letter from Chapter 43?

4. What term from Chapter 22 refers to a working-class movement for political reform in Britain between 1838 and 1848?

5. What does Miss Mott reply when Mercy says in Chapter 4, “I don’t think he’s a footman at all. Don’t he look ever so distinguished?”

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