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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. What does Van Hoek do with the men he captures who attacked the Minerva?
(a) Gets their names.
(b) Kills them.
(c) Hires them.
(d) Tortures them.

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

3. Who starts a fire at Daniel's house?
(a) Jeffreys.
(b) Locke.
(c) Comstock.
(d) Hooke.

4. What did Daniel discuss with Newton on the way to the fair?
(a) Geography.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Alchemy.
(d) Fluxion.

5. Who did Daniel make the hole at a college for?
(a) Newton.
(b) Wilkins.
(c) Hooke.
(d) Bell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What period is this book set in?

2. What did Daniel help Wilkins do while Cambridge was closed?

3. What was Newton experimenting with when Daniel came to him?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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