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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Daniel's father?
(a) Drank.
(b) Darth.
(c) Donald.
(d) Darcy.

2. What test did Daniel have to pass to avoid being kicked out of college?
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Euclid.
(c) Milton.
(d) Aristotle.

3. What kind of mines does Jack buy shares in?
(a) Gold.
(b) Coal.
(c) Copper.
(d) Silver.

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

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

6. Why did Daniel fear the Plague so much?
(a) It was a sign of the Apocalypse.
(b) His father died of it.
(c) He was sickly.
(d) It brought death.

7. How long did it take Daniel to make the hole at a college?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 month,

8. What affected Wilkins's judgement before his death?
(a) His pain.
(b) His illness.
(c) His pain medication.
(d) His poverty.

9. Why did Daniel not seek vengeance for the boy who committed the stabbing at college?
(a) His father believed in pacifism.
(b) He knew Jesus would judge him.
(c) He was afraid.
(d) He was too sick.

10. Who talks Jack into buying shares in a mine?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Miners.
(d) Bob.

11. What did Daniel study in school?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Politics.
(c) Natural Philosophy.
(d) Religion.

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

13. Who was being executed in the camp that Jack ended up in after chasing a bird?
(a) Prisoners of war.
(b) Escaped convicts.
(c) A harem.
(d) Black servants.

14. Why is the woman being hanged at the beginning of the book?
(a) She is a thief.
(b) She is a witch.
(c) She didn't pay her taxes.
(d) She cheated on her husband.

15. What college did Daniel make a hole at?
(a) University of the Trinity.
(b) Cambridge University.
(c) Oxford College.
(d) Gresham College.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eliza doing when she was abducted?

2. What does Eliza dress up as when they go to Leipzig?

3. What was the hole Daniel made used for?

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

5. How did Daniel feel about the play he saw at Cambridge?

(see the answer keys)

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