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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. Princess Caroline wants Daniel's help with _____________.
(a) Reuniting two researches.
(b) Teaching her children.
(c) Finding her husband.
(d) Building a college.

2. What was thought to be a cure for Syphilis?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Fleas.
(c) Clean blood.
(d) Ticks.

3. What did Daniel discuss with Newton on the way to the fair?
(a) Fluxion.
(b) Alchemy.
(c) Geography.
(d) Calculus.

4. What does Daniel use to escape Blackbeard?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Trajectory.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Physics.

5. What caused Cambridge to be closed in 1665?
(a) The War.
(b) A lack of funding.
(c) A scandal.
(d) The Plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of language did Wilkins want to create?

2. How does Jeffreys think Daniel wants England to be run?

3. How did Daniel meet Tess?

4. What is the Minerva attacked by?

5. Why does Daniel wait at the Square on London Bridge?

(see the answer key)

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