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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. Who does NOT reside at Blenheim Palace, according to the Epilogue?
(a) Jack Shaftoe.
(b) Colonel Barnes.
(c) The Duke of Marlborough.
(d) Bob Shaftoe.

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

3. What does the executioner no longer feel obligated to do?
(a) Ensure that Jack's death is swift.
(b) Ensure that Jack has found God.
(c) Ensure that Jack gets drawn and quartered.
(d) Ensure that Jack is dead.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the gold smuggled to the shipping docks disguised as?

2. What do the other parishioners do to Jack?

3. Who is the Earl of Lostwihiel's deputy?

4. What happens to the melted gold before it is weighed to test its quality?

5. How many goldsmiths are sworn in at the trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Sir Isaac made many enemies for himself, according to Chapter 33?

2. What evidence does the Clubb find to expose Bolingbroke and White as counterfeiters?

3. What are Daniel's conflicting thoughts about sacking Sir Isaac as master of the mint?

4. Why is William Ham willing to assist Daniel and Saturn smuggle the Solomonic gold?

5. Describe the security measures at Westminster Abbey and what they are protecting.

6. Though torture is a punishment, does Jack gain anything positive from the experience?

7. What is Sir Isaac's plan to discover the location of the manufactured phosphorus?

8. What is Catherine Barton's role during the trial?

9. How has Dappa turned the tables on White by this point in the story?

10. What does Daniel decide to tell Eliza about in his letter?

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