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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 did Daniel help Wilkins do while Cambridge was closed?
(a) Write a book.
(b) Bring in the crops.
(c) Do experiments.
(d) All of these.

2. During what month is the Minerva attacked?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) August.

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

4. What is the name of Daniel's father?
(a) Darcy.
(b) Drank.
(c) Darth.
(d) Donald.

5. How did the Duke of York find out about Hooke's experiments with dogs?
(a) Rumors spread to him.
(b) He saw it through a window.
(c) He heard a dog scream.
(d) Hooke wrote to him about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What period is this book set in?

2. What are Enoch's saddle bags filled with at the beginning of the book?

3. Why did Daniel see a boy stabbed at college?

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

5. What does Daniel nearly swallow when he sees Enoch?

(see the answer key)

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