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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Queen's Army arrest and escort to the tower?

2. What motivates George Louis' arrival?

3. Who holds Sir Isaac accountable for the events at the English Mint on April 23, 1714?

4. What does Dappa discover at Worth's coffeehouse?

5. What happens to Lt. Throwley, the Yeoman guard from the Tower of London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Sir Isaac, Daniel, and Colonel Barnes think they are in danger in Chapter 27?

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

3. Based on Sir Isaac and Daniel's debate about the Russians and the French, who do you think is more likely to be responsible for sabotage?

4. What sequence of events pushes the Clubb closer to capturing Jack?

5. Analyze the reasons different characters are paired up in this section of the book.

6. What does Eliza try to do at the Opera House? Does she succeed? What does she learn?

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

8. Compare and contrast Princess Caroline to her grandmother, Sophie.

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. How does the attempt on the characters' lives emphasize the other elements of the plot at this point in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dappa is a negro author and shipmate of the Minerva. Explain how Dappa's character serves as a role reversal from a typical 'escaped slave' narrative, noting specific examples of how he interacts with other characters.

Essay Topic 2

Solomon declares that he knows of only two alchemists in the world. What events in the book focus on, or are colored by aspects of alchemy? How does Daniel's involvement with alchemy help or hinder him in any situations?

Essay Topic 3

Identify a point in the book where one of the characters makes a significant 'mistake'. Analyze the sequence of events involving the mistake and determine when the mistake could have been prevented from happening, or fixed while happening. How would the story change if the mistake had never been made?

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