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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XII, Achievement of a Puritan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gao more skilled at than he is at hunting?
(a) Weaving cloth.
(b) Painting.
(c) Farming.
(d) Catching fish.

2. Which Van Doorns survive the war with England?
(a) Jakob and his wife Sara.
(b) Sara Van Doorn and her son, Detlev.
(c) Sara Van Doorn and her children, Detlev and Johanna.
(d) Jakob's children, Detlev and Johanna.

3. What is the Old Seeker's spear made out of in Chapter Two?
(a) Graphite.
(b) Steel.
(c) Iron.
(d) Gold.

4. Why do Seena Van Doorn and her daughter-in-law come into conflict?
(a) Rebecca is very religious and considers Seena a blasphemer.
(b) Rebecca is arrogant.
(c) Rebecca is a hypochondriac and always feigning illness.
(d) Rebecca is lazy.

5. What does Karel Van Doorn want to do with the secret purchase Paul de Prè brings back from France?
(a) Grow grapes and make wine on his South African estate.
(b) Use it as a dowry for his daughter.
(c) Sell it.
(d) Use it to blackmail an enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What three European nations battle for control of Malacca in Chapter Three?

2. What is Dr. Nels Linnart's profession?

3. What inspires the English to pass the new law at the beginning of Chapter Eight?

4. What honor does Queen Victoria bestow on Richard Saltwood for his many actions on England's behalf in Africa?

5. Why does Paul de Prè relocate his family to Amsterdam?

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