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

2. Who is Carl Nageli?
(a) Mendel's father-in-law.
(b) A policeman in Brno.
(c) Mendel's lover's husband.
(d) A botanist in Munich.

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

4. What does Tati tell Antonia ruined Gregor Mendel's life?
(a) Hawkweeds.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Ferns.
(d) A woman.

5. What does Otto Leiniger do in 1931?
(a) He publishes his response to Mendel's paper.
(b) He takes over the nursery where Tati works.
(c) He gives his daughter away in marriage.
(d) He emigrates to Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard say about Mendel when he (Richard) is courting his wife?

2. Where does Anton Vaculik work?

3. Linnaeus has forgotten about which student?

4. How is Linnaeus' health at the beginning of the story?

5. Who is Anton Vaculik?

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