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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ship Fever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Jonathan working when he meets Ruby?
(a) At a college in Ithaca.
(b) At a college near Albany.
(c) At a university in Boston.
(d) At a college in the Berkshires.

2. Who dies of the ague?
(a) Lamarck.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Mr. Barton.
(d) Ali, the orangutan.

3. Why does Richard smile at his wife while he is giving the lecture about Mendel?
(a) He wants her to know that he still loves her more than science.
(b) She makes subtle jokes about how he delivers the material.
(c) She knows the secret of how Mendel had been led astray by another scientist.
(d) He likes to think about how their children have her eyes.

4. Where does Sophia tell Linnaeus they will go next?
(a) Lappland.
(b) Uppsala.
(c) Hammarby.
(d) Home.

5. What answer did Sarah Anne finally get from the person to whom she had written during the dinner party?
(a) The person has accused her of being unethical.
(b) Her theories have been adopted as the person's new position.
(c) The person has dismissed her theories.
(d) The person has chastised her for her presumptuousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zaga find in Joel's closet?

2. At whose house is Wallace staying when Alec finds him next in 1855?

3. What does Barton give Alec?

4. When is "Birds with No Feet" set?

5. Who is Carl Nageli?

(see the answer key)

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