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

2. What happens when the gold guinea samples are melted?
(a) The base metal and pure gold change colors.
(b) The base metal and pure gold separate.
(c) The base metal and pure gold catch on fire.
(d) The base metal and pure gold fuse together.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Sir Isaac's plan, where is the hidden man supposed to be?

3. How long has Jack been telling tales of conspiracy to his visitor?

4. What does Daniel give to Sir Isaac from within the veiled sedan chair?

5. What do the other parishioners do to Jack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about the last moments Sir Isaac and Leibniz spend with each other?

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

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

4. How much does the gold weigh, and what is the significance of that weight?

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

6. Why does the exchange between Jack and his visitor sicken Daniel?

7. Why does Bob Shaftoe mention his brother as though Jack is still alive?

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

9. What unusual occurrences has Jack experienced, and what is mysterious about them?

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

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