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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 does Trinity close a second time?
(a) The Plague.
(b) Not enough students returned.
(c) Lack of funding.
(d) The war.

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

3. What kind of shop did Newton have someone watching him in?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Apothecary.
(c) Herb.
(d) Book.

4. What is the Minerva attacked by?
(a) Pirates.
(b) Robbers.
(c) Indians.
(d) Highwaymen.

5. How did the Duke of York find out about Hooke's experiments with dogs?
(a) Hooke wrote to him about it.
(b) Rumors spread to him.
(c) He heard a dog scream.
(d) He saw it through a window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Enoch to the ferry?

2. What are Enoch's saddle bags filled with at the beginning of the book?

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

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

5. During what month is the Minerva attacked?

(see the answer key)

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