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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 is the occupation of Edward Teach?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Pirate.
(c) Professor.
(d) Politician.

2. What does Van Hoek do with the men he captures who attacked the Minerva?
(a) Gets their names.
(b) Tortures them.
(c) Hires them.
(d) Kills them.

3. What did Daniel see a play about at Cambridge?
(a) Courtly intrigue.
(b) Politicians who are corrupted.
(c) The war.
(d) King Henry VIII's life.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What period is this book set in?

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

3. How long had London been burning when Daniel first saw it?

4. What kind of shop did Newton have someone watching him in?

5. What is the name of Daniel's father?

(see the answer key)

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