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

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

3. What was Newton experimenting with when Daniel came to him?
(a) Gravity.
(b) Star alignments.
(c) Light and colors.
(d) Mathematics.

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

5. How did Daniel feel about the play he saw at Cambridge?
(a) He abhorred it.
(b) He was confused by it.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He was annoyed by it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is van Hoek's occupation?

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

4. Who saw the fire in London as a sign of the Apocalypse?

5. During what month is the Minerva attacked?

(see the answer key)

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