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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. When Pepys receives a promotion in January-June 1660, what does he become?

2. What is Will's punishment in January-June 1662?

3. What does Pepys do for cheaper entertainment in January-June, 1664?

4. Who does Pepys blame for the civil unrest?

5. Who praises Pepys for his new home and the status it brings?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do some of the doctors explain leaving the city during the plague?

2. What is happening with Pepys relationship with his wife when July-December 1664 opens?

3. Pepys also admits something horrible about a crime he witnessed. What did he admit?

4. in January-June 1665, what are the household issues Pepys once again continues?

5. What is Pepys wanting to do with his bladder stone in July-December 1664?

6. How do Pepys and his wife show that they care very much about outward appearances in January-June 1661?

7. What happens when Pepys's family returns to his father's house in the country?

8. Describe the state of Pepys's and his wife's relationship in July-December 1668?

9. Describe the coronation of the King.

10. Describe two developments in household affairs that Pepys writes about in July-December 1661.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Pepys' views on adultery? Are there the same rules for husbands and wives? How does his opinion of Lord Sandwich's affair illustrate those views?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the scientific world of Pepys. What are examples of descriptions that seem primitive these days? How do these examples shed light on the 1660s and what life was like then?

Essay Topic 3

Define irony and explain how it relates to what we know about Pepys and his eye disease. How does that relate to the one vice he cannot give up? How much does he write about the eye disease?

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