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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has the Italian Opera House recently been erected?
(a) Hay Square.
(b) Fleet Street.
(c) Black Mary's Hole.
(d) Cold Harbor.

2. What object does Sir Isaac go ashore with?
(a) A broken compass.
(b) A wooden case.
(c) A metal box.
(d) A ticking clock.

3. Which English lord is under house arrest?
(a) Sir Isaac.
(b) Lord Gy.
(c) Lord Bolingbroke.
(d) Lord Hollesloy.

4. Where does Daniel say he will be staying when he reaches London?
(a) Westminster Abbey.
(b) The Thames.
(c) Sir Isaac's house.
(d) The Royal Society.

5. What is the profession of Sir Isaac's nemesis?
(a) Butcher.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Barber.
(d) Coinier.

6. Where is Eliza headed when her carriage overturns?
(a) The Royal Society.
(b) The Tower of London.
(c) The Opera House.
(d) Marlborough House.

7. What are the financial investors backing Thomas' newest invention known as?
(a) The proprietors of the Engine for Raising Water by Fire.
(b) The curators of the Engine for Raising Water by Fire.
(c) The financiers of the Engine for Raising Fire by Water.
(d) The inventors of the Engine for Raising Fire by Water.

8. Where is Sir Isaac Newton's house located?
(a) St. Martin Street.
(b) Monmouth Street.
(c) Fleet Street.
(d) Snow Hill.

9. Where does Daniel meet Princess Caroline?
(a) The gardens of Queen Sophie's castle.
(b) Aboard the Atlanta.
(c) The Royal Society servants quarters.
(d) The gardens behind Sir Isaac's house.

10. What is Bob Shaftoe doing when Daniel visits him?
(a) Extracting brain juice from dead bodies.
(b) Counting out stacks of money.
(c) Breaking into a vault.
(d) Categorizing insects by color.

11. How does Caroline respond to the English naval brig?
(a) She issues an attack.
(b) She sacrifices Johann.
(c) She raises her flag.
(d) She salutes the Captain.

12. What do Jack, Daniel, and Sir Isaac negotiate?
(a) Returning Eliza to London.
(b) Returning the Atlanta to White.
(c) Getting Dappa out of prison.
(d) Returning the contents of the Pyx.

13. Which group is the Queen showing favor toward in Chapter 13?
(a) The Jacobites.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The Clubb.
(d) The Tories.

14. What object is concealed and transported to the Tower of London?
(a) A rocket.
(b) A clock.
(c) A rope ladder.
(d) A cannon.

15. What is NOT something Henry Arlanc confesses to stealing?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Guns.
(d) Armor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daniel think Jack's motivation is?

2. What is distinctive about the heavy box Sir Isaac and Daniel find below deck?

3. Who or what is Prudence?

4. Who is disguised as a man with syphilis at Crane Court?

5. Where does Sir Isaac have Arlanc sent?

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