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

2. Where is Linneaus' museum at Hammarby?
(a) Up on the hill.
(b) Near town.
(c) Next to the kitchen.
(d) Adjacent to his study.

3. How is Linnaeus' health at the beginning of the story?
(a) His heart is failing.
(b) He has had a number of strokes and is half paralyzed.
(c) He is young and in love.
(d) He is in the prime of his health.

4. What has Linnaeus taught his students?
(a) That they are responsible for his success.
(b) That he will meet them again on the other side.
(c) That classifications have to be clear and expressive.
(d) How to carry on when he predeceases them.

5. What happens after Antonia's daughters grow up and move away?
(a) She leaves her husband.
(b) Her world goes gray for a year.
(c) She throws dinner parties for the alumni of the college where Richard is teaching.
(d) She and her husband move to Brno.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mendel born?

2. What does Antonia tell Sebastian Dunitz that she has not told her husband?

3. Where does Sophia tell Linnaeus they will go next?

4. Who does Antonia think Otto Leiniger is?

5. What radical text does Richard give his classes?

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