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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the leading dissenter when Declaration for Freedom of Conscience of all Dissenters is signed?

2. Where do Tess and Daniel first make love?

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

4. What does Jack name the horse he steals?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the doctor help Jack?

2. What happens when Trinity re-opens after the first closure?

3. How does Daniel meet Leibniz?

4. How did Jack meet Eliza?

5. How does Daniel describe the beginning of his friendship with Newton?

6. Why is the Minerva attacked?

7. How does Daniel meet Tess?

8. How does this book begin?

9. How did Eliza come to be in the place she met Jack?

10. What did the Duke of York want to talk to Daniel about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets, and how does their placement in the plot affect the course of the plot and the characters involved in the secrets?

Essay Topic 2

Symbolism is a very prevalent literary device used by Neal Stephenson. What are some of these symbols, and how does their presence affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Diversity and discrimination are two major and related themes in this book. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to propel the plot of the book?

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