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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Jack note at the reading of his last rights?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Satan.
(c) Enoch.
(d) Daniel.

2. Why does Princess Caroline instruct Sir Isaac and Leibniz to reconcile their differences?
(a) She wants them to establish a New System of Calculus.
(b) She wants them to establish a New Logic Mill.
(c) She wants them to establish a New Steam Engine.
(d) She wants them to establish a New System of the World.

3. Who do Danny and Jimmy kill in Carolina?
(a) Their father.
(b) The overseer of the property.
(c) Their friend.
(d) The mistress of the property.

4. Who accompanies Daniel to investigate Fleet Prison?
(a) Jack.
(b) Threader.
(c) Sir Isaac.
(d) Saturn.

5. How does Ravenscar die?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) He is murdered.
(c) A poisoned drink.
(d) He doesn't.

6. What gives Daniel power over Sir Isaac in Chapter 24?
(a) Knowing the whereabouts of the Solomonic gold.
(b) Knowing the whereabouts of the steam engine.
(c) Knowing the whereabouts of White.
(d) Knowing the whereabouts of Dappa.

7. What has Dappa become while imprisoned?
(a) An incredibly poor man.
(b) An incredibly wealthy man.
(c) Sad and despondent.
(d) Bitter and cruel.

8. Who does the King name First Lord of the Treasury?
(a) Leibniz.
(b) Sir Isaac.
(c) Ravenscar.
(d) Daniel.

9. What do Daniel, the Earl of Lostwihiel, Saturn, Orney and Newcomen inspect and find to be working well?
(a) The House of Lords.
(b) The Kit-Cat Clubb.
(c) The clockwork volcano.
(d) The steam engine.

10. Who does the blond man accompany in church?
(a) The priest.
(b) A veiled woman.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Jack.

11. What is the name of Danny and Jimmy's friend in Carolina?
(a) Reeba.
(b) Mateo.
(c) Zorro.
(d) Toomba.

12. In Sir Isaac's plan, where is the hidden man supposed to be?
(a) In a sack on Marsh's cart.
(b) In a bed in Sir Isaac's house.
(c) In a sack on Threader's cart.
(d) Behind a door in Marsh's house.

13. Who teams up with Daniel and Saturn to remove the Solomonic gold from the bank?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Peter the Great.
(c) William Ham.
(d) Sir Isaac.

14. What does Ravenscar announce he is doing as a regent?
(a) Searching for the phosphorus maker.
(b) Calling for a trial of the Pyx.
(c) Firing Sir Isaac as master of the mint.
(d) Challenging the Hanoverian succession.

15. What do Daniel and Threader cast a new gold guinea out of?
(a) Daniel's gold ring.
(b) Daniel's gold buttons.
(c) Sir Isaac's gold buttons.
(d) Threader's gold ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Dappa after the duel?

2. What does Jack believe he's found under the stress of torture?

3. What signifies that the gold is pure?

4. Why is the magistrate in a foul mood about the King's coronation?

5. What does the Clubb use to pinpoint the location they are looking for?

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