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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Littoral Zone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Linnaeus begin to see his students?
(a) In the cemetary during their funerals.
(b) To the left of the fireplace.
(c) In the living room at Hammarby.
(d) In his mind's eye.

2. Where is Ruby working when she meets Jonathan?
(a) At a college in the Berkshires.
(b) At a college near Albany.
(c) At a college in Ithaca.
(d) At a university in Boston.

3. What is in Linnaeus' museum?
(a) Pieces of early human skeletons.
(b) An herbarium and insect collection.
(c) An exhibition of zoological specimens.
(d) Fossils and stones.

4. What does Otto Leiniger ask Antonia to do when he finds her alone in the greenhouse?
(a) He asks her to show him the garden.
(b) He asks her to tell him about her father.
(c) He asks her to lean over and water some plants.
(d) He asks her to make love with him.

5. What are the conditions like when Ruby and Jonathan get together?
(a) They stayed in the library to work together.
(b) There is a storm and the electricity is out.
(c) Ruby sleep walks into Jonathan's room.
(d) All of the other researchers are in the evening talks, and they are suddenly alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ruby and Jonathan see when they sit on the patio now that the children are grown?

2. What happens after Antonia's daughters grow up and move away?

3. Which of Linnaeus' students has been most faithful about writing?

4. How does Ruby get away from her house to call Jonathan?

5. What does the man who arrives with Sophia tell Linnaeus?

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