Quicksilver Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Quicksilver Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 was Newton experimenting with when Daniel came to him?

2. What did Daniel study in school?

3. What does Eliza dress up as when they go to Leipzig?

4. What does Daniel nearly swallow when he sees Enoch?

5. What does Van Hoek do with the men he captures who attacked the Minerva?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Jack meet Eliza?

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

5. What did the Duke of York want to talk to Daniel about?

6. How does this book begin?

7. What does Drake think of the London fire?

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

9. Why does Daniel leave his family and go to London?

10. How did Eliza come to be in the place she met Jack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets, and how does their placement in the plot affect the course of the plot and the characters involved in the secrets?

Essay Topic 2

Protection is a strong theme in this story. Where does this theme appear, and which characters are most affected by the presence of this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Symbolism is a very prevalent literary device used by Neal Stephenson. What are some of these symbols, and how does their presence affect the course of the plot?

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