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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Quicksilver, pages 147-217.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes Enoch to the ferry?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) Ben Franklin.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Daniel Waterhouse.

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

3. Where is the book set at the beginning?
(a) Boston.
(b) York.
(c) New York.
(d) Sussex.

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

5. What are Enoch's saddle bags filled with at the beginning of the book?
(a) Warrants.
(b) Instruments.
(c) Paper.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Daniel rarely do at college after meeting Newton?

2. Daniel's father taught him to prepare for ____________.

3. What did Hooke do with dogs while Wilkins was making his alphabet?

4. What is van Hoek's occupation?

5. What kind of language did Wilkins want to create?

(see the answer key)

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