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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of Fred's friend's reaction to the news that Fred has been offered a post?
(a) The friend gets angry.
(b) The friend shrugs.
(c) The friend bursts into tears.
(d) The friend laughs.

2. During what hours does Blackfriars Hospital accept employment applications?
(a) Between ten and noon.
(b) Between two and four.
(c) Between noon and two.
(d) Between nine and ten.

3. Who has offered Fred a post at Cambridge?
(a) Professor Rutherford.
(b) The President of Cambridge.
(c) Professor Flowerdew.
(d) Professor Wilson.

4. Who does Fred's friend hope to train with in Manchester?
(a) Flowerdew.
(b) Cavendish.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Rutherford.

5. What is Fred's position at the college?
(a) Professor of Logic.
(b) Senior Fellow.
(c) Provost.
(d) Junior Fellow.

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

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

8. Why is Fred a "conditional unbeliever"?
(a) He has no "evidence."
(b) He can describe faith.
(c) He has been an unbeliever less than a year.
(d) He accepts only on faith.

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

10. What is Daisy's position at the hospital?
(a) A sitter.
(b) A probationer.
(c) A matron.
(d) A volunteer.

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

12. What position does Dr. Matthews, who is a frequent diner at St. Angelicus, hold?
(a) President of Cambridge.
(b) Provost.
(c) Professor Emeritus.
(d) Professor.

13. What kind of bicycle is Fred Fairly riding?
(a) A Radio Flyer.
(b) A Winged Cruiser.
(c) A Royal Sunbeam.
(d) A Schwinn.

14. How many hours per day does Daisy work?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Twelve hours.
(c) Ten hours.
(d) Eight hours.

15. By the constable's experience, what helps patients such as James Elder recover?
(a) Brandy and herbs.
(b) Condy's Fluid.
(c) Quiet and beef-tea.
(d) Black Draught.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes Fred a "truncated" note that rattles on about Fred's position at the college?

2. Who is Fred displeased to see at the debate?

3. According to Fred, why is Flowerdew "one against many?"

4. At the beginning of Part 1, Section 7, how many weeks have passed since Fred's bicycle accident?

5. Who has recently heard the mewing of newborn kittens?

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