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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Quicksilver, pages 147-217.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the book set at the beginning?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) York.
(d) Sussex.

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

4. Daniel's father taught him to prepare for ____________.
(a) The new world.
(b) The apocalypse.
(c) The industrial period.
(d) The second coming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Daniel's father own?

2. What did Hooke do with dogs while Wilkins was making his alphabet?

3. During what month is the Minerva attacked?

4. What did Daniel study in school?

5. What caused Cambridge to be closed in 1665?

(see the answer key)

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