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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Quicksilver, pages 217-279.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Oldenburg arrested?
(a) Foreign correspondance.
(b) Treason.
(c) Larceny.
(d) Adultery.

2. What did Daniel rarely do at college after meeting Newton?
(a) Do experiments.
(b) Go to class.
(c) Study.
(d) Write home.

3. How long did it take Daniel to make the hole at a college?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 1 month,
(c) 4 months.
(d) 2 months.

4. What did Daniel see a play about at Cambridge?
(a) Politicians who are corrupted.
(b) King Henry VIII's life.
(c) Courtly intrigue.
(d) The war.

5. Why did Daniel not seek vengeance for the boy who committed the stabbing at college?
(a) His father believed in pacifism.
(b) He was afraid.
(c) He was too sick.
(d) He knew Jesus would judge him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Enoch to the ferry?

2. What caused Cambridge to be closed in 1665?

3. What did Daniel study in school?

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

5. What was thought to be a cure for Syphilis?

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