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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 | Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Johannes Schmidt, whose theory about eels and their mating habits is considered the most accurate one, thought that eels mate where?
(a) In river springs.
(b) The Arctic Ocean.
(c) The Sargasso Sea.
(d) The Gulf of Mexico.

2. Which part of London does the couple move to once they are married and Tom takes a job as a history teacher?
(a) Knightsbridge.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) Notting Hill.
(d) Greenwich.

3. Whom does Tom Crick quote as saying, "we cannot step into the same river twice?"
(a) Heraclitus of Ephesus.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Dionysius the Areopagite.

4. What is Ernest Atkinson's reaction to the fire?
(a) He weeps openly on front of the entire town.
(b) He sings loudly with the other revelers as the brewery collapses.
(c) He frantically alerts the fire brigade, but they are too drunk to help.
(d) He shows no reaction and drives off to his country estate.

5. Tom Crick's wife, Mary, has been sent to a mental institution. Why?
(a) She began to scream at odd times of the night.
(b) Tom Crick hit her over the head and she lost her mind.
(c) She has developed Alzheimer's disease.
(d) She stole a baby from a stroller in a supermarket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the historical event that Tom Crick keeps returning to over and over again as he explains that history seems to move in a circle?

2. What was Freddie Parr's father, Jack Parr, infamous for in the Gildsey area?

3. What tells Tom that he and Mary must finish their argument quickly because the park is about to close?

4. What is the main fish that the Cricks and their neighbors catch for food?

5. Tom thinks that people who focus on ideals like the Declaration of the Rights of Man instead of the details of the French Revolution forget what important fact?

(see the answer key)

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