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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the debate over Wilkins autopsy held?
(a) The London Bridge.
(b) The Royal Theater.
(c) The Black Room.
(d) The Royal Society.

2. What does Daniel nearly swallow when he sees Enoch?
(a) His tongue.
(b) His teeth.
(c) His biscuit.
(d) His fork.

3. How did Daniel feel about the play he saw at Cambridge?
(a) He abhorred it.
(b) He was annoyed by it.
(c) He was confused by it.
(d) He loved it.

4. What did Daniel help Wilkins do while Cambridge was closed?
(a) All of these.
(b) Do experiments.
(c) Write a book.
(d) Bring in the crops.

5. What did Dick, Bob, and Jack get as their first job?
(a) Running the stage.
(b) Robbing boats.
(c) Working the ferry.
(d) Picking pockets.

6. What did Daniel study in school?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Politics.
(c) Natural Philosophy.
(d) Religion.

7. What did Hooke do with dogs while Wilkins was making his alphabet?
(a) Put them to sleep.
(b) Collected fleas from them.
(c) Bred them.
(d) Gave blood transfusions.

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

9. Where did Churchill say Jack would be useful?
(a) In a factory.
(b) In prison.
(c) In politics.
(d) In a regiment.

10. How long had London been burning when Daniel first saw it?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 1 day.

11. Who is the leading dissenter when Declaration for Freedom of Conscience of all Dissenters is signed?
(a) Leibniz.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Waterhouse.
(d) Bulstrood.

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

13. What affected Wilkins's judgement before his death?
(a) His illness.
(b) His pain medication.
(c) His poverty.
(d) His pain.

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

15. What kind of language did Wilkins want to create?
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Religious.
(c) Alchemist.
(d) Secret.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did homeless people go to stay warm?

3. Who signed the Declaration for Freedom of Conscience of all Dissenters?

4. Who was with Jack when he met Churchill?

5. Who wants to autopsy Wilkins?

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