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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who accompanies Dappa to Worth's coffeehouse?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Jones.
(d) Smith.

3. What industries' futures are unsure due to flooded mines in England?
(a) Tin and copper.
(b) Steel and oil.
(c) Phosphorus and gold.
(d) Lead and carbon.

4. Who does Jack team up with to devalue the English currency?
(a) A natural philosopher.
(b) A French Catholic minister.
(c) A one-armed Russian.
(d) An English political leader.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many infernal devices explode on the tor?

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

3. What is Caroline doing while she reminisces about her life?

4. Who does Daniel request to tell his son about the happenings in London?

5. Where does the Clubb meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Daniel must dispel certain thoughts both about himself and Sir Isaac; why is it not beneficial for him to be perceived as a Jacobite?

2. What happens to Henry Arlanc, and why is this not a complete letdown to Daniel and Sir Isaac?

3. What are some striking examples of how Daniel's world operates under different rules and thinking than life today?

4. How does each member of the Clubb contribute to solve the problem of figuring out who is responsible for the explosions?

5. Why does Dappa willingly allow himself to be apprehended?

6. What does Daniel notice about how Peter the Great affects other people?

7. Describe how Thomas' invention works and how it would benefit the populace.

8. How do Eliza and Caroline confirm their suspicions that a spy is amongst them?

9. What are the different motives of Ravenscar and Bolingbroke at the dinner party? Who ends up triumphant at the end of the evening, and why?

10. What is the main dispute between Leibniz and Sir Isaac, and what part does Daniel play in all of it?

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