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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. Whom did Darwin commission to breed unusual combinations of pigeons?
(a) John Sewall.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Arthur Conan Doyle.
(d) Sir John Sebright.

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

3. What color "indicates age and experience" in the male finches' feathers?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Gold.

4. Which of the following is not a predator mentioned in Chapter 6?
(a) Prawn.
(b) Piranha.
(c) Rivulus hartii.
(d) Cichlid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the statement about Cleopatra's nose that is quoted in Chapter 11?

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

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

4. As witnessed by Hermon Carey Bumpus, which birds died en masse after a blizzard?

5. Where did Darwin pick up the second volume of Principles of Geology?

(see the answer key)

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