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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Behavior of the Hawkweeds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard tell his students about Gregor Mendel?
(a) He describes the author's marriage.
(b) He describes the author's rivalry with another scientist.
(c) He tells them about the author's flight from his homeland.
(d) He tells them the author's life story.

2. What does Nageli suggest to Mendel?
(a) That he send Tati to study with him.
(b) That he turn his focus to peas.
(c) That he leave Brno and move to Munich.
(d) That he focus his research on hawkweeds.

3. What radical text does Richard give his classes?
(a) Copies of a paper on human sexuality.
(b) Copies of a paper on hybridization of peas.
(c) Copies of a paper on the eugenics.
(d) Copies of a paper on training dogs.

4. Who is Anton Vaculik?
(a) Richard's wife's father.
(b) Richard's wife's grandfather.
(c) Richard's maternal grandfather.
(d) Richard's maternal uncle.

5. What does Otto Leiniger do in 1931?
(a) He takes over the nursery where Tati works.
(b) He gives his daughter away in marriage.
(c) He publishes his response to Mendel's paper.
(d) He emigrates to Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mendel do when Tati jumps over the wall at the monastery?

2. What happens after Antonia's daughters grow up and move away?

3. What does Antonia think about what Otto Leiniger has asked of her in the greenhouse?

4. Why does Richard smile at his wife while he is giving the lecture about Mendel?

5. What does Tati do when he sees Antonia and Otto Leiniger in the greenhouse?

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