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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. What did Hooke do with dogs while Wilkins was making his alphabet?
(a) Bred them.
(b) Put them to sleep.
(c) Collected fleas from them.
(d) Gave blood transfusions.

2. What ocean is Daniel in when he escapes from Blackbeard?
(a) Aegean.
(b) Indian.
(c) Pacific.
(d) Atlantic.

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

4. Who is the leading dissenter when Declaration for Freedom of Conscience of all Dissenters is signed?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Leibniz.
(c) Bulstrood.
(d) Waterhouse.

5. What period is this book set in?
(a) Romantic.
(b) Baroque.
(c) Transcendental.
(d) Industrial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Daniel study in school?

2. Where do Tess and Daniel first make love?

3. What test did Daniel have to pass to avoid being kicked out of college?

4. Who saw the fire in London as a sign of the Apocalypse?

5. During what month is the Minerva attacked?

(see the answer key)

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