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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Behavior of the Hawkweeds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard is sensitive about what?
(a) His left hand, from which an extra finger has been amputated.
(b) His right leg, which has withered from polio.
(c) His lisp.
(d) His feet, which had been crushed in an accident.

2. What does Nageli suggest to Mendel?
(a) That he send Tati to study with him.
(b) That he turn his focus to peas.
(c) That he focus his research on hawkweeds.
(d) That he leave Brno and move to Munich.

3. What does Mendel do when Tati jumps over the wall at the monastery?
(a) He shows him a tame fox and other animals.
(b) He runs and hides.
(c) He brings him back to his house and interrogates him about what he has seen.
(d) He attacks him.

4. When does Anton Vaculik leave his homeland?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1888.

5. When does Mendel begin his experiments?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1856.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tati do when he sees Antonia and Otto Leiniger in the greenhouse?

2. What does Richard tell his students about the paper he gives them?

3. Why does Richard smile at his wife while he is giving the lecture about Mendel?

4. What radical text does Richard give his classes?

5. Who is Carl Nageli?

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