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

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

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

4. How many mating songs does each species of finch have?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the book Natural Selection in the Wild?

3. In the first paragraph of Chapter 11, Darwin is discussing the hybridization of which animal?

4. Which type of fish is discussed at length in Chapter 6?

5. What does the Latin word "specere" mean?

(see the answer key)

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