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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. What is the name of Daniel's father?

2. Where do Tess and Daniel first make love?

3. What did Daniel discuss with Newton on the way to the fair?

4. Jack headed east to fight ___________.

5. What did Daniel's father own?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Drake think of the London fire?

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

3. How does Daniel help Van Hoek in Cape Cod Bay?

4. What news does the Earl of Epsom bring Daniel?

5. What does Daniel see is his role when the Declaration for Freedom of Conscience of all Dissenters is signed?

6. What happened to make Daniel upset with Hooke's experiments?

7. How does the doctor help Jack?

8. Why does Daniel make a hole in a roof?

9. What frightens Jack in Backboden?

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

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the characters in this book. Which characters were most affected by despair, and how did this change the course of the plot branches they were involved in?

Essay Topic 2

Stephenson presents the idea that there are two sides to every man. Choose three of the characters from the book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

Tess was a minor character in this book who made a huge impact on the plot. How did she accomplish this, and how would the plot have been altered had she not been included in the story line?

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