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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has the authority to open or close the southwest gate?
(a) Dr. Mathews.
(b) No one.
(c) The Provost.
(d) The Master.

2. According to Fred, who established the relationship between the speed of objects and the local speed of sound?
(a) Ernst Mach.
(b) Professor Rutherford.
(c) C. T. R. Wilson.
(d) Professor Flowerdew.

3. At the end of Part 1, Section 1, to whom is Fred penning a note?
(a) Professor Horne.
(b) Skippey.
(c) Miss Saunders.
(d) Mrs. Wrayburn.

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

5. Who refruses to let the constable see James Elder?
(a) The Matron.
(b) Miss Saunders.
(c) Dr. Sage.
(d) Night Nurse.

6. Who comes to Fred and his friends' door at Bruckmann's Hotel?
(a) One of the friend's sisters.
(b) The President of Cambridge and his assistant.
(c) Two waitresses and the daughter of the house.
(d) Fred's father.

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

8. What is the name of Fred's college?
(a) Cambridge Institute.
(b) St. Angelicus.
(c) Surrey University.
(d) St. Stevens.

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

10. Who greets Fred at the Rectory?
(a) Julia.
(b) Fred's mother.
(c) Mr. Fairly.
(d) A parishioner.

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

12. At the beginning of Part 1, Section 4, where did King James I of England think one should pray at Cambridge?
(a) At the Rectory.
(b) At Trinity.
(c) At Jesus.
(d) At King's.

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

14. Who is completely tone deaf and spends his time looking at manuscripts?
(a) Fred Fairly.
(b) Professor Flowerdew.
(c) Dr. Mathews.
(d) Professor Rutherford.

15. Who writes Fred a "truncated" note that rattles on about Fred's position at the college?
(a) Thorne.
(b) Skippey.
(c) Holcombe.
(d) Beazeley.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dr. Sage, who should have the right to vote?

2. After less than a year at her first job, where does Daisy take employment?

3. Who makes quince preserves?

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

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

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