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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 does Colonel Barnes say has happened after Jack was hung?
(a) The executioner disappeared.
(b) Jack disappeared.
(c) Jack was drawn and quartered.
(d) The executioner was murdered.

2. What happens after the proceedings begin at the trial of the Pyx?
(a) Sir Isaac is summoned.
(b) The Queen's Army is summoned.
(c) The royal goldsmiths are summoned.
(d) Daniel is summoned.

3. How is becoming a member of the Clubb different for Leibniz than for other members?
(a) He is elected to membership.
(b) He has to pay to be a member.
(c) He does not have to pay dues.
(d) He does not get inducted.

4. Who does Sir Isaac tell White has accused him of high treason?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Bob Shaftoe.
(c) Edouard De Gex.
(d) Jack Shaftoe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the old black guards relieved of their duties?

2. What is Leibniz afraid will happen before he finishes his project?

3. What does the King's messenger hope to find at Clerkenwell Court?

4. What has Dappa become while imprisoned?

5. What do the other parishioners do to Jack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Daniel feel about what happens to Ravenscar in Chapter 9, and what must he now handle by himself?

2. What is White's offer to Jack, and how does Jack respond?

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

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

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

6. Does Sir Isaac approve or disapprove of the Earl of Lostwihiel and Colonel Barnes' new garrison of troops?

7. How does Daniel win Jack's loyalty in Chapter 13?

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

9. What is the procedure for testing the gold guinea samples?

10. What advantage did Dappa have in the duel, and why might White have also let him win?

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