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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 test did Daniel have to pass to avoid being kicked out of college?
(a) Euclid.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Archimedes.
(d) Milton.

2. What does Daniel nearly swallow when he sees Enoch?
(a) His fork.
(b) His tongue.
(c) His biscuit.
(d) His teeth.

3. What is the Minerva attacked by?
(a) Robbers.
(b) Indians.
(c) Pirates.
(d) Highwaymen.

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

5. What kind of shop did Newton have someone watching him in?
(a) Herb.
(b) Apothecary.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Duke of York find out about Hooke's experiments with dogs?

2. What did Daniel say he learned most from at college?

3. During what month is the Minerva attacked?

4. What did Daniel rarely do at college after meeting Newton?

5. Why is Oldenburg arrested?

(see the answer key)

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