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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the Earl of Lostwihiel's deputy?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Colonel Barnes.
(c) Ravenscar.
(d) Sir Isaac.

4. Where does Sir Isaac instruct Catherine Barton to take him, whether he is alive or dead?
(a) Jack Shaftoe's hanging.
(b) The Kit-Cat Clubb.
(c) The trial of the Pyx.
(d) Westminster Abbey.

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

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

7. Who does Catherine Barton say Sir Isaac needs to act as his voice?
(a) Leibniz.
(b) Herself.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Dappa.

8. What do the other parishioners do to Jack?
(a) They yield to him and stare at the floor.
(b) They yell at him until he leaves.
(c) They rejoice and sing him praise.
(d) They trip him and laugh as he falls.

9. What are Haubites?
(a) A type of sword.
(b) A type of pistol.
(c) A type of axe.
(d) A type of cannon.

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

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

12. What is Jack wearing when he arrives at the hanging platform?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A three-layered suit.
(c) Nothing but his undergarments.
(d) A golden crown.

13. What does Daniel give to Sir Isaac from within the veiled sedan chair?
(a) A potion to poison him.
(b) A potion to make him angry.
(c) A potion to make him happy.
(d) A potion to bring him back to life.

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

15. Who tells Daniel that many men aboard the Minerva perceive him as bad luck?
(a) Sir Isaac.
(b) Johann.
(c) Dappa.
(d) Otto Van Hoek.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the King name First Lord of the Treasury?

2. What do the Earl of Lostwihiel and his deputy collect for the trial?

3. Who does Sir Isaac tell White has accused him of high treason?

4. What is significant about the trial date for the Pyx?

5. How are the standard plates and sheets of the finest precious metals going to be used?

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