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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) Larceny.
(b) Foreign correspondance.
(c) Treason.
(d) Adultery.

2. What was thought to be a cure for Syphilis?
(a) Clean blood.
(b) Fleas.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Ticks.

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

4. Who takes Enoch to the ferry?
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Daniel Waterhouse.
(d) Thomas Edison.

5. What is the Minerva?
(a) A plane.
(b) A train.
(c) A horse.
(d) A ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Trinity close a second time?

2. Whom does Wilkins ask to carry on his work?

3. Why does Daniel wait at the Square on London Bridge?

4. Why is the woman being hanged at the beginning of the book?

5. What does Daniel retrieve for Newton during the play?

(see the answer key)

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