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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ravenscar announce he is doing as a regent?
(a) Searching for the phosphorus maker.
(b) Firing Sir Isaac as master of the mint.
(c) Challenging the Hanoverian succession.
(d) Calling for a trial of the Pyx.

2. Why does Sir Isaac no longer have the proof he needs?
(a) Daniel has died without a confession.
(b) White has died without a confession.
(c) Dappa has died without a confession.
(d) Jack has died without a confession.

3. What does Threader do with the first sample from the Pyx before the goldsmiths begin their analysis?
(a) He hides it.
(b) He weighs it.
(c) He drops it.
(d) He melts it.

4. In Sir Isaac's plan, where is the hidden man supposed to be?
(a) Behind a door in Marsh's house.
(b) In a bed in Sir Isaac's house.
(c) In a sack on Threader's cart.
(d) In a sack on Marsh's cart.

5. Who delivers Jack's expensive suit?
(a) The mysterious veiled woman.
(b) The mysterious blond man.
(c) Bob Shaftoe.
(d) Daniel.

6. Who are Jimmy and Danny?
(a) Marsh's sons.
(b) Daniel's nephews.
(c) Bob Shaftoe's nephews.
(d) Sir Isaac's brothers.

7. Who currently governs the Tower of London?
(a) Lord Ravenscar.
(b) Colonel Barnes.
(c) White.
(d) Dappa.

8. What is NOT one of the tasks Daniel must do without Ravenscar?
(a) Conclude work on the logic mill.
(b) Decide the fate of the Institute of Technological Arts.
(c) Arrange the trial of the Pyx.
(d) Execute Jack Shaftoe.

9. What is to happen to Jack after he is hung by the neck?
(a) His body will be thrown in the River Thames.
(b) He will be pardoned by the House of Lords.
(c) He will be pressed under a 300-pound weight.
(d) He will be drawn and quartered until he dies.

10. Why does Daniel feels obligated to protect Sir Isaac?
(a) Sir Isaac is his friend.
(b) Leibniz is blackmailing him.
(c) Sir Isaac is Roger's friend.
(d) Sir Isaac is blackmailing him.

11. How long has Jack been telling tales of conspiracy to his visitor?
(a) For a week.
(b) More than two years.
(c) More than two months.
(d) For a month.

12. What does Colonel Barnes say has happened after Jack was hung?
(a) Jack was drawn and quartered.
(b) Jack disappeared.
(c) The executioner disappeared.
(d) The executioner was murdered.

13. What did Eliza once ask Jack to choose?
(a) Her hand in marriage.
(b) A lifestyle that was befitting.
(c) A token of her love.
(d) A mansion that was foreboding.

14. What do the officials announce about Sir Isaac's coins?
(a) That they are counterfeit.
(b) That they are of the worst quality.
(c) That they are still being investigated.
(d) That they are of the finest quality.

15. What does Daniel discover about Sir Isaac in his sedan chair?
(a) He has died.
(b) He has a gun.
(c) He has a bomb.
(d) He has no clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Sir Isaac and Leibniz bid each other farewell?

2. What do Daniel, the Earl of Lostwihiel, Saturn, Orney and Newcomen inspect and find to be working well?

3. What does Johann beg Leibniz NOT to continue?

4. Who accompanies Daniel to investigate Fleet Prison?

5. Who tells Daniel that many men aboard the Minerva perceive him as bad luck?

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