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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who does Roger Comstock want to expose to unify the nation?
(a) Princess Caroline.
(b) Lord Gy.
(c) Viscount Bolingbroke.
(d) Sir Isaac.

3. Where does the Clubb meet?
(a) The Royal Society servant quarters.
(b) The Fleet Street mansion.
(c) The subterranean vault in Clerkenwell.
(d) The vault in Westminster Abbey.

4. Who does the Queen name as her successor?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Stephanie.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Anne.

5. Where is Eliza headed when her carriage overturns?
(a) The Opera House.
(b) Marlborough House.
(c) The Royal Society.
(d) The Tower of London.

6. What does De Gex threaten to do to Eliza?
(a) Boil her alive.
(b) Tear her limb from limb.
(c) Burn her at the stake.
(d) Throw her off a cliff.

7. What does Caroline believe she has been foolish in doing?
(a) Traveling to Russia.
(b) Trusting Daniel.
(c) Traveling to England.
(d) Trusting Johann.

8. What does Daniel advise against Roger using?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Lies.
(c) Violence.
(d) Phosphorus.

9. Who does the Queen's Army arrest and escort to the tower?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Mr. Bayne.
(c) Sir Isaac.
(d) Jack.

10. What does Jack get out of the ordeal with the Tower?
(a) Some small leather pouches.
(b) His weight in gold coins.
(c) Elaborate new clothes.
(d) A diamond the size of his fist.

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) She crashes the party.
(d) They see her from a telescope.

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

13. What happens when Eliza tries to evacuate the musicians from the Opera House?
(a) The musicians set their instruments on fire.
(b) The musicians flee in terror.
(c) The musicians throw her out.
(d) The musicians use their instruments to fight.

14. Who does Daniel meet upon his arrival to London?
(a) Princess Caroline.
(b) Sonny and Cher.
(c) Thomas Newcomen and Will Comstock.
(d) Enoch Root.

15. What are the financial investors backing Thomas' newest invention known as?
(a) The curators of the Engine for Raising Water by Fire.
(b) The financiers of the Engine for Raising Fire by Water.
(c) The inventors of the Engine for Raising Fire by Water.
(d) The proprietors of the Engine for Raising Water by Fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Daniel select to be auctioned off by Partry?

2. Who is Daniel surprised to see on board a Russian naval vessel with Peter the Great?

3. What is Partry's confession?

4. What motivates George Louis' arrival?

5. What is Bob Shaftoe doing when Daniel visits him?

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