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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Quicksilver, pages 279-335.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wants to autopsy Wilkins?
(a) Leibniz.
(b) Newton.
(c) Comstock.
(d) Daniel.

2. Why does Trinity close a second time?
(a) Lack of funding.
(b) Not enough students returned.
(c) The war.
(d) The Plague.

3. How did Daniel feel about the play he saw at Cambridge?
(a) He abhorred it.
(b) He was annoyed by it.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He was confused by it.

4. Why did Daniel see a boy stabbed at college?
(a) He challenged another boy to a duel.
(b) He refused to cheat on his exams.
(c) He believed in Alchemy.
(d) He tried to protect a woman.

5. Who did Daniel make the hole at a college for?
(a) Bell.
(b) Wilkins.
(c) Newton.
(d) Hooke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daniel retrieve for Newton during the play?

2. What kind of shop did Newton have someone watching him in?

3. What does Van Hoek do with the men he captures who attacked the Minerva?

4. What is the Minerva attacked by?

5. What is van Hoek's occupation?

(see the answer key)

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