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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. Who made the statement about Cleopatra's nose that is quoted in Chapter 11?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) Pythagorus.
(c) Aesop.
(d) Pascal.

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

3. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?
(a) Puerto Ayora.
(b) Rapa Nui.
(c) Santiago.
(d) Puerto Vallarta.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Scott Carroll study?

2. Who was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?

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

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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