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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. Which type of animal in the Galapagos has one alpha male that mates with many females?
(a) Tortoise.
(b) Booby.
(c) Sea lion.
(d) Iguana.

2. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) University of Manitoba.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Yale University.

3. Where did Darwin pick up the second volume of Principles of Geology?
(a) Guayaquil.
(b) Buenos Aires.
(c) Valparaíso.
(d) Montevideo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state did Benjamin Walsh build his homestead?

2. What color "indicates age and experience" in the male finches' feathers?

3. How many mating songs does each species of finch have?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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