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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter 6, Weiner compares evolution to the motion of which object?
(a) A volcano.
(b) A whirligig.
(c) A kaleidoscope.
(d) A Jackson Pollock painting.

2. What caused the heavy rains in December 1982?
(a) Unusually cold weather.
(b) A typhoon.
(c) Global warming.
(d) El Niño.

3. Who created the concept of the "darwin"?
(a) J.B.S. Haldane.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Trevor Price.
(d) Peter Grant.

4. Who named one finch species "Geospiza incerta," which, according to Weiner, means "ground finch, I guess"?
(a) John Gould.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Carolus Linnaeus.
(d) Peter Grant.

5. Who argued against the principle of divergence using the phrase "the Ghost of Competition Past"?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) Joseph Connell.
(d) David Lack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?

2. What animal does Weiner describe as having "the body plan of a volcano"?

3. Where does Jamie Smith study sparrows?

4. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?

5. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?

(see the answer key)

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