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

2. What does the man who arrives with Sophia tell Linnaeus?
(a) That he needs his approval to continue his studies.
(b) That it is time to go.
(c) That Sophia is expecting a baby.
(d) That he and Sophia are getting married.

3. Who builds Hammarby?
(a) Linnaeus' family.
(b) Linnaeus.
(c) Sara Lisa's family.
(d) Rotheram.

4. What does Tati see when he climbs the wall at the Augustinian monastery in Brno?
(a) Mendel and his mistress.
(b) Mendel attacking a man.
(c) Mendel's garden.
(d) Mendel's wife with another man.

5. What have Linnaeus' students done for him?
(a) They have cared for him in his old age.
(b) They have married his daughters.
(c) They have written his books and articles.
(d) They have done his work of gathering and classifying plants and animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who climbs into Linnaeus' sleigh at the end of the story?

2. Where is Mendel born?

3. What does Richard tell his students about Gregor Mendel?

4. Who arrives with Sophia right after Pehr tells Linnaeus that they should return?

5. Why does Linnaeus ask his coachman to keep driving at the beginning of the story?

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