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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who serves as the gardener at Blenheim Palace?
(a) Bob Shaftoe.
(b) Colonel Barnes.
(c) Jack Shaftoe.
(d) The Duke of Marlborough.

2. What does Jack believe he's found under the stress of torture?
(a) God.
(b) Satan.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Power.

3. What does the King's messenger hope to find at Clerkenwell Court?
(a) An infernal device.
(b) Trial documents.
(c) Jack Shaftoe.
(d) A second mint.

4. What does Daniel discover about Sir Isaac in his sedan chair?
(a) He has died.
(b) He has no clothes.
(c) He has a gun.
(d) He has a bomb.

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

6. What does Jack do as he is led through the streets of London?
(a) He begs for forgiveness from God.
(b) He sings a song to the people.
(c) He loosens the rope that binds his arms.
(d) He tightens the noose around his neck.

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

8. What do the officials announce about Sir Isaac's coins?
(a) That they are of the finest quality.
(b) That they are still being investigated.
(c) That they are counterfeit.
(d) That they are of the worst quality.

9. What is Daniel careful NOT to show signs of?
(a) Anger or violence.
(b) Hope or optimism.
(c) Love or adoration.
(d) Fatigue or stress.

10. What does Daniel unexpectedly state in the prison?
(a) That he knows Saturn made the infernal devices.
(b) That he knows Jack made the infernal devices.
(c) That he knows Sir Isaac made the infernal devices.
(d) That he knows who was visiting Jack.

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

12. How does White challenge Dappa?
(a) With a duel.
(b) With torture.
(c) With a writing contest.
(d) With an insult.

13. What is NOT one of the tasks Daniel must do without Ravenscar?
(a) Conclude work on the logic mill.
(b) Arrange the trial of the Pyx.
(c) Decide the fate of the Institute of Technological Arts.
(d) Execute Jack Shaftoe.

14. Why are the old black guards relieved of their duties?
(a) They were under the command of Russia.
(b) They were under the command of Jack Shaftoe.
(c) They were under the command of White.
(d) They were under the command of Edouard De Gex.

15. White is arrested upon whose authority?
(a) The Lord Chancellor of the House of Lords.
(b) The Lord Chancellor of the House of Lords.
(c) The Lord Chancellor of the Royal Society.
(d) The Lord Chancellor of Westminster Abbey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Clubb members find along with a counterfeiting die?

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

3. How does Jack reward the people who have congregated in his honor?

4. Where does Daniel take the Shaftoe boys before he puts them aboard a boat for Carolina?

5. Who are Jimmy and Danny?

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