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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Pearce and Sarah Anne Billopp agree on what during their conversation?
(a) Lay people should have faith in scientists and God.
(b) Scientific theories should give evidence of divine laws.
(c) Scientists should be morally upstanding people.
(d) Scientific theories should be based on evidence.

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

3. Which sister drops out of school, and when?
(a) Bianca as an undergrad.
(b) Rose as an undergrad.
(c) Rose in graduate school.
(d) Bianca in graduate school.

4. Who arrives with Sophia right after Pehr tells Linnaeus that they should return?
(a) Sara Lisa.
(b) Rotheram.
(c) Ternstrom.
(d) Lofling.

5. How old is Linnaeus' son when his son dies?
(a) Two years old.
(b) Five years old.
(c) Thirty seven years old.
(d) Twenty seven years old.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Dr. Sepulveda?

3. What does Sarah Anne think her brother thinks of her when she proposes to test the theory about swallows?

4. What have Linnaeus' students done for him?

5. What does the man who arrives with Sophia tell Linnaeus?

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