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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who rescues Pope Benedict's head from a ditch?
(a) The Benedictine nuns.
(b) A pious peasant.
(c) A loyal servant.
(d) A French soldier.

2. What is Fred's earliest nickname in Blowhalt?
(a) Freddie boy.
(b) Master Freddie.
(c) Friendly Freddie.
(d) Mr. Fred.

3. What mistake does Daisy make in answering Dr. Sage's question?
(a) She does not address him by his title.
(b) She had not given him the answer he expected.
(c) She contradicts him.
(d) She is not supposed to speak to a doctor.

4. Who looks after Fred while he is in recovery?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Wrayburn.
(b) Miss Saunders.
(c) His parents.
(d) The Junior Fellows.

5. Who was Fred's tutor for advanced practical physics?
(a) Professor Flowerdew.
(b) Professor Wilson.
(c) Professor Rutherford.
(d) Professor Cavendish.

6. What is the inscription on Fred's letterhead?
(a) Bon temps roulez.
(b) Semper fidelis.
(c) Estoy in mis tece.
(d) Tempus fugit.

7. What artwork is over the Great Gate at St. Angelicus?
(a) A gargoyle with a broken wing.
(b) An ornate marker with an illegible inscription.
(c) Twisted steel ivy.
(d) Two sleeping angels.

8. Who gave Daisy the ring on her wedding finger?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her deceased father.
(c) Aunt Ellie.
(d) A current boyfriend.

9. What is known as Higgledy-Piggledy?
(a) Fred Fairly.
(b) The Master.
(c) Skippey.
(d) Professor Flowerdew.

10. Who is the the Senior Registrar at the hospital?
(a) Katie Sedley.
(b) The Matron.
(c) Ward Sister.
(d) Dr. Sage.

11. What is the smallest college in Cambridge?
(a) St. Andrews.
(b) Surrey University.
(c) St. Angelicus.
(d) Cambridge University.

12. Who is mistaken for Fred's wife?
(a) The farmer's daughter.
(b) Mrs. Wrayburn.
(c) Mrs. Matthews.
(d) Daisy.

13. According to the matron, how much of a woman's life is spent in pain?
(a) One-fourth.
(b) Three-fourths.
(c) One-third.
(d) One-half.

14. How many applicants are accepted at Blackfriars Hospital every year?
(a) Ten or twelve.
(b) One or two.
(c) Four or five.
(d) Twenty or more.

15. According to Dr. Matthews, who would have been considered heretics in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
(a) Mathematicians and scientists.
(b) Philosophers and historians.
(c) Geologists and paleontologists.
(d) Writers and artists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Saunders inherit that changes Daisy's childhood?

2. Why is Dr. Matthews attending the debate?

3. At the end of Part 1, Section 6, what does Fred do with his unfinished letter?

4. According to King James I of England, where should one sleep at Cambridge?

5. What does Daisy give to Mrs. Martinez?

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