View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Mockingbirds.
(c) Swallows.
(d) Sparrows.

2. Who was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?
(a) Nicola Grant.
(b) Trevor Price.
(c) Ian Abbott.
(d) Rosemary Grant.

3. What book did Darwin call his "Big Book"?
(a) Galapagos.
(b) The Voyage of the Beagle.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) The Origin of Species.

4. Which of the following is not a predator mentioned in Chapter 6?
(a) Rivulus hartii.
(b) Piranha.
(c) Cichlid.
(d) Prawn.

5. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?
(a) University of Manitoba.
(b) Yale University.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) Princeton University.

Short Answer Questions

1. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?

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

3. The Grants' research is compared to which novel?

4. Who, when observing Darwin's finches in museums, noticed the many differences in the birds' beaks?

5. Where does Jamie Smith study sparrows?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 187 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample