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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 Antonia think about what Otto Leiniger has asked of her in the greenhouse?
(a) She thinks he is asking to sleep with him.
(b) She thinks he is asking her to leave.
(c) She thinks he is asking her to marry him.
(d) She thinks he is a lonely old man.

2. Which answer describes Sophia's appearance?
(a) Caring and comforting.
(b) Pretty and smiling.
(c) Angry at Pehr.
(d) Anxious and worried.

3. Where does Anton Vaculik work?
(a) On a farm.
(b) In a laboratory.
(c) At a foundry.
(d) At a nursery.

4. When does Antonia meet Richard?
(a) She is working at the GE plant and he is finishing his thesis.
(b) She is writing her thesis and he is one of her students.
(c) She is living with a boyfriend and he is working as a gardener.
(d) She is reading in a cafe where he is having lunch with a friend.

5. Why is it difficult to experiment on hawkweeds?
(a) They produce seeds without fertilization.
(b) They can be fertilized with pollen from other plants.
(c) They require precisely monitored conditions for fertilization.
(d) They are hard to fertilize.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of Linnaeus' students dies first?

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

5. What does Otto Leiniger do in 1931?

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