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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Marburg Sisters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what scientific principle does Wallace profess his faith when he is talking with Alec in Borneo?
(a) Adaptation through divine intent.
(b) The emergence of new varieties of species.
(c) Evolution as a punctuated equilibrium.
(d) The permanence of species.

2. Whom does Sophia nurse back to health?
(a) Sara Lisa.
(b) Hasselquist.
(c) Linnaeus himself.
(d) Rotheram.

3. What is Wallace doing while Alec is sweating through the ague and sending samples to Philadelphia?
(a) Stealing from Alec's collection of samples.
(b) Locating archaeological specimens that illustrate the evolution of species.
(c) Writing about the origin of species.
(d) Sending his samples ahead of Alec's.

4. Jonathan asks Ruby about what when she calls?
(a) Her divorce.
(b) Her work.
(c) His letter.
(d) Her tenure review.

5. At whose house is Wallace staying when Alec finds him next in 1855?
(a) Mr. Adam Rowley.
(b) Dr. Lauchlin Grant.
(c) Mr. Barton.
(d) Sir John Brooke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rule of Rose's separates Rose from Bianca?

2. Why is it difficult to experiment on hawkweeds?

3. Under what circumstances has Wallace lost his own specimens?

4. What do both Jonathan and Ruby have?

5. What do Rose and Bianca do at midnight?

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