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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have Linnaeus' students done for him?
(a) They have cared for him in his old age.
(b) They have written his books and articles.
(c) They have done his work of gathering and classifying plants and animals.
(d) They have married his daughters.

2. Which of Linnaeus' students dies first?
(a) Rotheram.
(b) Ternstrom.
(c) Forskal.
(d) Falck.

3. Who does Antonia think Otto Leiniger is?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A salesman.
(c) A gentleman.
(d) A scholar.

4. What do Jonathan and Ruby compare as they start their first real conversation?
(a) Sores and poison ivy.
(b) Stories about their professors.
(c) Seaweed samples.
(d) Fish samples.

5. How far into their course are Jonathan and Ruby before they have their first real conversation?
(a) Twelve days.
(b) Half an hour.
(c) One week.
(d) Three days.

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

7. When does "The English Pupil" take place?
(a) April, 1836.
(b) December, 1777.
(c) July, 1859.
(d) October, 1829.

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

9. Where is Mendel born?
(a) Prague.
(b) Budapest.
(c) Paris.
(d) Moravia.

10. Where does Anton Vaculik go when he leaves his homeland?
(a) Prague.
(b) Paris.
(c) America.
(d) Berlin.

11. What does the man who arrives with Sophia tell Linnaeus?
(a) That Sophia is expecting a baby.
(b) That he needs his approval to continue his studies.
(c) That he and Sophia are getting married.
(d) That it is time to go.

12. What is the house like before the children are grown?
(a) It is filled with children on weekends and quiet in between.
(b) It is always noisy with children coming and going.
(c) It is always filled with children.
(d) It is quiet on weekends and filled with children all week.

13. How long after they leave the marine biology station does Ruby call Jonathan?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Twelve days.
(d) A week.

14. Why do Ruby and Jonathan avoid talking about the evening that changes their lives?
(a) They are ashamed of themselves.
(b) They are not sure what had happened.
(c) They do not want to think about how much they have lost.
(d) They remember the evening too differently, and cannot agree about what had happened.

15. Who is Richard's wife in "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds?"
(a) Leni.
(b) Antonia.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sophie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Linnaeus identify the man who arrives?

2. Where does Sophia tell Linnaeus they will go next?

3. What radical text does Richard give his classes?

4. When does Antonia meet Richard?

5. What do Jonathan and Ruby do after their first real conversation?

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