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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 Minerva attacked by?
(a) Highwaymen.
(b) Indians.
(c) Robbers.
(d) Pirates.

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

3. What kind of shop did Newton have someone watching him in?
(a) Book.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Apothecary.
(d) Herb.

4. What was Newton experimenting with when Daniel came to him?
(a) Star alignments.
(b) Light and colors.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Gravity.

5. What was thought to be a cure for Syphilis?
(a) Clean blood.
(b) Fleas.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Ticks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jeffreys think Daniel wants England to be run?

2. Why is Oldenburg arrested?

3. Why did Daniel fear the Plague so much?

4. What did Daniel help Wilkins do while Cambridge was closed?

5. What is the occupation of Edward Teach?

(see the answer key)

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