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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Oldenburg arrested?

3. What does Van Hoek do with the men he captures who attacked the Minerva?

4. What did Hooke do with dogs while Wilkins was making his alphabet?

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

(see the answer key)

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