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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The English Pupil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Anton Vaculik leave his homeland?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1891.

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

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

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

5. Linnaeus has forgotten about which student?
(a) Forskal.
(b) Thunberg.
(c) Ternstrom.
(d) Falck.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Linnaeus' wife at the beginning of the story?

3. Who does Antonia think Otto Leiniger is?

4. How old is Linnaeus' son when his son dies?

5. Where does Mendel teach?

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