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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Darwin and his companions find at the Colorado River?
(a) many fishing villages
(b) a military encampment headed by General Rosas
(c) an abandoned military fort
(d) a ferry to get them to the other side

2. What do the Brazilian villages remind Darwin of?
(a) Scottish villages
(b) the Hottentot dwellings of Southern Africa
(c) paintings of early Egypt
(d) settlements on Cape de Verd

3. Who does Darwin accompany while exploring around Botofogo Bay?
(a) a large bearded monkey
(b) Capt. Fitz Roy
(c) an old Portuguese priest
(d) his hired native guide

4. Where does Darwin see a rocky, steep hill jutting about 1,000 feet into the sky?
(a) St. Paul's Rocks
(b) St. domingo
(c) Cape de Verd islands
(d) Fernando Noronha Island

5. What is the sociological condition in Brazil that disturbs Darwin?
(a) slavery
(b) poverty
(c) hegemony
(d) anarchy

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin discover had happened at El Carmen or Patagones?

2. What does the man think Darwin is going to do?

3. Who invites Darwin to visit an estate near Rio de Janeiro?

4. Why does sea salt work better than lake salt as a preservative?

5. What are the only two insects Darwin locates on St. Paul's Rocks?

(see the answer key)

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