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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Littoral Zone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sophia do while Pehr and the other man push the sleigh outside?
(a) She makes tea for Linnaeus.
(b) She warms Linnaeus' blankets by the fire.
(c) She finds blankets for Linnaeus.
(d) She holds the door.

2. How does Linnaeus identify the man who arrives?
(a) He had classified his students according to eye color once.
(b) He remembers the man's mustache.
(c) He remembers that the man who arrives always reminds him of one of his schoolmates.
(d) He does not remember a wedding so it must be his daughter's fiancé.

3. What do Jonathan and Ruby do after their first real conversation?
(a) Sit together at presentations.
(b) Skip all talks and assignments.
(c) Phone their spouses and confess.
(d) Work together all the time.

4. What does Nageli suggest to Mendel?
(a) That he turn his focus to peas.
(b) That he send Tati to study with him.
(c) That he leave Brno and move to Munich.
(d) That he focus his research on hawkweeds.

5. Jonathan and Ruby laugh at what together at the marine biology station?
(a) Their spouses' ignorance.
(b) The impossibility of a future together.
(c) Their children's cute moments.
(d) The others' presentations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Linnaeus' students has been most faithful about writing?

2. Where is Linneaus' museum at Hammarby?

3. Which answer describes Sophia's appearance?

4. What does Richard tell his students about the paper he gives them?

5. Who is Richard's wife in "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds?"

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