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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 say he learned most from at college?
(a) His experiments.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Newton's ramblings.
(d) Drunken conversations.

2. Princess Caroline wants Daniel's help with _____________.
(a) Teaching her children.
(b) Building a college.
(c) Reuniting two researches.
(d) Finding her husband.

3. How does Jeffreys think Daniel wants England to be run?
(a) By fear.
(b) By religion.
(c) By tyranny.
(d) By democracy.

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

5. What did Daniel's father own?
(a) A farm.
(b) An inn.
(c) A boat.
(d) A lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the hole Daniel made used for?

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

3. How did Daniel meet Tess?

4. Where is the book set at the beginning?

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

(see the answer key)

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