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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of mammal did Jane have an argument with her aunt about?
(a) A human.
(b) A jaguar.
(c) A whale.
(d) A dog.

2. What does an ethologist study?
(a) Teeth.
(b) Animals.
(c) Plants.
(d) Humans.

3. What insects was Karl von Frisch fascinated by?
(a) Ants.
(b) Flies.
(c) Wasps.
(d) Bees.

4. What does Jane watch the chicken doing?
(a) Laying an egg.
(b) Eating grain.
(c) Pecking another chicken.
(d) Attempting to fly.

5. Who is known as the father of ethology?
(a) Konrad Lorenz.
(b) David Attenborough.
(c) Douglas Hume.
(d) Desmond Morris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of geese is Lorenz most famous for working with?

2. What does Jane say one has to be to learn from animals?

3. What does Jane say she was puzzled about as a five-year-old?

4. What species of duck refused to follow Lorenz?

5. What kind of dance did von Frisch say bees performed?

(see the answer key)

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