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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the main feud between Newton and Leibniz?
(a) Economics.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Biology.
(d) Gravity.

2. What is distinctive about the heavy box Sir Isaac and Daniel find below deck?
(a) It smells.
(b) It ticks.
(c) It disappears.
(d) It hums.

3. What does Eliza advise Dappa about?
(a) His stories and publications.
(b) His money and gambling.
(c) His anger and violence.
(d) His injuries and recovery.

4. What happens to Lt. Throwley, the Yeoman guard from the Tower of London?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He murders Rufus MacIan.
(c) He is promoted.
(d) He is murdered by Rufus MacIan.

5. What object is concealed and transported to the Tower of London?
(a) A rocket.
(b) A cannon.
(c) A clock.
(d) A rope ladder.

6. Who does Daniel believe was the intended victim of the incident in Chapter 4?
(a) Himself.
(b) Threader.
(c) Sir Isaac.
(d) Leibniz.

7. Which group is the Queen showing favor toward in Chapter 13?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The Clubb.
(c) The Jacobites.
(d) The Tories.

8. What does Dappa discover at Worth's coffeehouse?
(a) His sister is in trouble.
(b) A bounty has been placed on his head.
(c) The House of Lords has summoned him.
(d) Eliza owns him as property.

9. Where does Daniel first meet Sir Isaac's niece, Catherine Barton?
(a) At the Royal Society.
(b) At Roger Comstock's house.
(c) At Sir Isaac's house.
(d) At Westminster Abbey.

10. What is Mr. Bayne's country of origin?
(a) England.
(b) Italy.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

11. How do Bolingbroke and Ravenscar find out that Caroline is in London?
(a) Daniel tells them.
(b) They get a letter from her.
(c) They see her from a telescope.
(d) She crashes the party.

12. Mr. White's ship is known as what?
(a) The Thames.
(b) The Minerva.
(c) The Beagle.
(d) The Atlanta.

13. Where does Caroline end up after she and Johann are attacked?
(a) The Thames River.
(b) The Kit-Cat Clubb.
(c) The Royal Society.
(d) Hooke's mansion.

14. Where is the Sophia forced aground?
(a) The Isle of Grain.
(b) The mouth of the Thames River.
(c) The Isle of Man.
(d) The mouth of the Times River.

15. What proof does Roger provide to Bolingbroke indicating that Jack has been captured?
(a) A haubite.
(b) A pithina.
(c) A telescope.
(d) A gold guinea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Traces of what unusual substance are found at the shipyard?

2. Who does Daniel meet upon his arrival to London?

3. Who is Otto Van Hoek?

4. Where is Sir Isaac Newton's house located?

5. Who is Solomon?

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