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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Marburg Sisters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the scientific atmosphere like in America when Alec returns with his samples?
(a) The controversies over Darwin's Origin of Species has just broken out.
(b) The Civil War has distracted all attention from science.
(c) The west is being settled and new species and fossils are creating a new enthusiasm for science.
(d) The Scopes Trial has just renewed the controversies around the question of evolution.

2. What does Richard say about Mendel when he (Richard) is courting his wife?
(a) He says that Mendel is often mistaken in his assumptions.
(b) He says that Mendel is often misunderstood.
(c) He says that he is going to finish Mendel's work.
(d) He says that Mendel is his hero.

3. Who answers Ruby's call to Jonathan?
(a) Jonathan's daughter.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Jonathan's wife.
(d) Jonathan's mother.

4. What are Linnaeus' students holding when he sees them as he is leaving?
(a) The plants he has named after them.
(b) The books they have published.
(c) The gifts he has given them.
(d) The animals they have named for him.

5. How old is Sophia when her brother, Linnaeus' son, dies?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who dies of the ague?

3. Who builds Hammarby?

4. Where does Linnaeus begin to see his students?

5. How do Rose and Bianca keep in touch with each other after they visit at Rose's lab?

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