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

2. What is Mendel's experience with hawkweeds?
(a) He shows the mechanisms that prevent traits from being passed from one generation to another.
(b) He refines his experimental techniques and shows how hawkweeds can be fertilized in the garden.
(c) He performs technical sound experiments, but does not get results.
(d) He shows how traits can be passed from one generation to another.

3. What does Antonia tell Sebastian Dunitz that she has not told her husband?
(a) Where she has kept Tati's papers.
(b) The flaws in her husband's experimental techniques.
(c) Where she has learned about Mendel.
(d) Mendel's horticultural secrets.

4. Who is Anton Vaculik?
(a) Richard's wife's father.
(b) Richard's wife's grandfather.
(c) Richard's maternal uncle.
(d) Richard's maternal grandfather.

5. Where is Mendel born?
(a) Moravia.
(b) Prague.
(c) Budapest.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Antonia meet Richard?

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

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

4. Why is it difficult to experiment on hawkweeds?

5. Where does Anton Vaculik work?

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