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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin find in relationship to his interest in plants and animals?
(a) strange new species
(b) almost no new species
(c) too much diversity to classify all
(d) specimens too large to take back

2. Exploring the Chiloe eastern coastline, what does Darwin observe?
(a) the volcano Orsono
(b) strange granite boulders in the sea
(c) albatros nests
(d) the nearly extinct dodo bird

3. What reception does the Beagle receive at New Zealand?
(a) a lackluster welcome from one canoe
(b) no welcome at all
(c) a thousand canoes of Maori
(d) a war party in canoes

4. From where do many of the people living in Port Louis come?
(a) South Africa
(b) Algiers
(c) India
(d) Morocco

5. What happens at Valdivia?
(a) the Beagle hits a reef
(b) a massive earthquake
(c) a hailstorm
(d) the Beagle runs aground

Short Answer Questions

1. What notable landmark does Darwin see on St. Helen's Island?

2. Where is the Beagle after passing through the Strait of Magellan?

3. What does Darwin speculate about as he observes the snow melt percolating and loosening rocks?

4. What theory of Darwin's after observing the atolls is still considered valid today?

5. What does Darwin say is too great and ambitious for affection, yet not great enough for respect?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Darwin's journal entry as they leave New Zealand?

2. Tell what Darwin sees back off the coast of Chile and how he assesses the sight.

3. How does Darwin sum up his voyage at its end?

4. Describe Darwin's impressions at the bay of Valparaiso.

5. Relate what Darwin finds at Chatham Island in the Galapagos archipelago.

6. What evidence does Darwin find that sea beds are raised by nature to great heights?

7. Explain what Darwin observes after landing at Hobart Town on the island of Tasmania.

8. Explain what Darwin sees at Concepcion and why the houses are still standing.

9. Tell something about the island of Chiloe.

10. Tell about the runaway sailors at the Chonos Archipelago.

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