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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As discussed in Chapter 4, which of the finches' traits did Peter Boag study for his thesis?
(a) Survival mechanisms.
(b) Tarsus length.
(c) Resistance to disease.
(d) Heritability.

2. In the first paragraph of Chapter 11, Darwin is discussing the hybridization of which animal?
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Fox.
(d) Eagle.

3. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?
(a) Guano.
(b) An eagle.
(c) An iguana.
(d) A hawk.

4. Who has deeply studied the history of studying evolution in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) William Hamilton.
(c) David Anderson.
(d) Frank J. Sulloway.

5. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?
(a) Duncan Porter.
(b) David Lack.
(c) Ian Abbott.
(d) Peter Boag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who devised the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker?

2. How many times did the Croton trees bloom in the rains of 1982-83?

3. In what book does Darwin discuss "sexual selection"?

4. What was the name of Darwin's grandfather?

5. What animal does the Hawaiian Drosophila Project study?

(see the answer key)

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