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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The English Pupil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Linnaeus' students begin to describe when he sees them?
(a) The place where he will rejoin them.
(b) The reputation he has built.
(c) The success he will enjoy.
(d) The places they have seen.

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

3. What radical text does Richard give his classes?
(a) Copies of a paper on the eugenics.
(b) Copies of a paper on hybridization of peas.
(c) Copies of a paper on human sexuality.
(d) Copies of a paper on training dogs.

4. When does "The English Pupil" take place?
(a) April, 1836.
(b) October, 1829.
(c) December, 1777.
(d) July, 1859.

5. When does Antonia meet Richard?
(a) She is writing her thesis and he is one of her students.
(b) She is reading in a cafe where he is having lunch with a friend.
(c) She is living with a boyfriend and he is working as a gardener.
(d) She is working at the GE plant and he is finishing his thesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have Linnaeus' students done for him?

2. Where does Anton Vaculik go when he leaves his homeland?

3. What does Mendel do when Tati jumps over the wall at the monastery?

4. Who does Antonia think Otto Leiniger is?

5. How does Linnaeus identify the man who arrives?

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