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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what book does Darwin discuss "sexual selection"?
(a) Journals and Remarks.
(b) The Descent of Man.
(c) The Origin of Species.
(d) Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle.

2. Who devised the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker?
(a) Joseph Hooker.
(b) William Paley.
(c) Darwin.
(d) William Shakespeare.

3. What was the name of Darwin's grandfather?
(a) Erasmus.
(b) Martin.
(c) Anselm.
(d) Augustine.

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

5. Which scientist is mentioned in Chapter 14 as strongly advocating the need for measurement in science?
(a) Louis Pasteur.
(b) Blaise Pascal.
(c) Lord Kelvin.
(d) Marie Curie.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the researchers' objects are finches always attracted?

2. According to chapter 9, what percentage of the birds on Darwin's property were killed in the cold weather?

3. Whose A Short History of Biology "killed Darwin with kindness," according to Weiner?

4. How many species of Ground finch are there in the Galapagos?

5. As described at the end of Chapter 6, for what were Trevor Price and Lisle Gibbs waiting?

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