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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where are Colonel Barnes, Daniel, Sir Isaac and Charles White headed in Chapter 21?
(a) The Isle of Man.
(b) The Isle of Grain.
(c) Wheat Island.
(d) Tower Island.

3. What happens to Threader's luggage wagon when he and Daniel arrive at the Royal Society?
(a) It rolls down the hill.
(b) It explodes.
(c) It is stolen.
(d) It gets stuck in the mud.

4. What object does Daniel select to be auctioned off by Partry?
(a) Hooke's mortar and pestle.
(b) Hooke's private diary.
(c) Hooke's weights and measures.
(d) Hooke's eyeglass set.

5. How many infernal devices explode on the tor?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

6. What does McIan receive from Jack before he enters the English mint?
(a) Keys.
(b) Death.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Friendship.

7. What happens to Daniel and Ravenscar in Chapter 1?
(a) They are selected as regents.
(b) They fight in a duel.
(c) They are sent to prison.
(d) They are sentenced to death.

8. What serves as a decoy to distract the tower guards?
(a) A fire.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A woman.
(d) An animal.

9. What motivates George Louis' arrival?
(a) Jack Shaftoe's capture.
(b) The death of Queen Anne.
(c) The death of Peter the Great.
(d) Peter the Great's arrival.

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

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

12. What do Daniel and Colonel Barnes think affects Leibniz and Sir Isaac's relationship?
(a) Alchemy.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Bioluminescence.
(d) Gravity.

13. What characters are attacked by would-be assassins in Hanover?
(a) Caroline and Eliza.
(b) Eliza and Dappa.
(c) Daniel and Sir Isaac.
(d) Jack and De Gex.

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

15. Who does Ravenscar announce as victorious to the mob?
(a) The Jacobites.
(b) The Tories.
(c) The Whigs.
(d) The alchemists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eliza want put to death for betraying the country?

2. What is Mr. Bayne's country of origin?

3. Where does Sir Isaac have Arlanc sent?

4. Where do Bolingbroke and Ravenscar end up at the party?

5. Where has the Italian Opera House recently been erected?

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