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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Latin word "specere" mean?
(a) To specify.
(b) To sing.
(c) To see.
(d) To be speckled.

2. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 6?
(a) John Donne.
(b) Thomas Henry Huxley.
(c) Joseph Hooker.
(d) William Shakespeare.

3. What animal does Scott Carroll study?
(a) The tsetse fly.
(b) The water buffalo.
(c) The soapberry bug.
(d) The English bulldog.

4. What animal does the Hawaiian Drosophila Project study?
(a) Dragonflies.
(b) Fruit flies.
(c) Fruit bats.
(d) Manta rays.

5. In what state did Benjamin Walsh build his homestead?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) California.
(d) Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 16, Weiner compares evolutionists to characters in which classic story?

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

3. Which of the following is not a predator mentioned in Chapter 6?

4. Which type of animal in the Galapagos has one alpha male that mates with many females?

5. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?

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