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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 major military campaign is approaching?
(a) Vicksburg.
(b) The Sack of Istanbul.
(c) The Norman Invasion.
(d) The Allied invasion of France.

2. What influences Will's decision to move?
(a) The news from America.
(b) His mother.
(c) His teachers.
(d) A thunderstorm.

3. What ruler commands the forces poised to attack England?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Bismarck.
(d) Carlos.

4. What must Jane do before her initial application is accepted?
(a) Produce proof of her divorce.
(b) Pay the fee.
(c) Acquire a degree in medicine.
(d) Gain experience at a hospital.

5. What causes the Shockley family's financial ruin?
(a) The low price of wool.
(b) The war.
(c) David's careless budgeting.
(d) Investment in the South Sea Bubble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jane's brother want her to visit?

2. Who obtains the seat on the Forty-Eight instead of Michael Shockley?

3. In what year does "Empire" open?

4. According to Adam's thinking, who will win the war between the Americans and the British?

5. Where does Will Wilson decide to move?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major conflict is taking place in England, and who are the opposing sides?

2. How is the Shockley family affected by the political crisis?

3. Even though she is neutral in the matter of king versus Parliament, how does Margaret come to lead a defense force?

4. How does Obidiah betray his sister?

5. Why does Adam believe that the American rebels will ultimately prevail against the British?

6. How does Ralph lose his position at the school?

7. How do Adam and Patricia meet? What is their initial fascination with each other? What ultimately happens in the relationship?

8. Why does Will go to the cathedral?

9. How did Peter Wilson go from being a smuggler to a sailor in the British Navy?

10. Ultimately, what effect do Jane's efforts have on Jethro Wilson and his children?

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