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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 was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?
(a) Nicola Grant.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Rosemary Grant.
(d) Trevor Price.

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

3. Who wrote the book Natural Selection in the Wild?
(a) David Lack.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) John Endler.
(d) Peter Grant.

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

5. In chapter 16, Weiner compares evolutionists to characters in which classic story?
(a) A Christmas Carol.
(b) Donnie Darko.
(c) Gulliver's Travels.
(d) Frankenstein.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In what book does Darwin discuss "sexual selection"?

5. As mentioned in Chapter 16, Darwin states that which bird landed on his water pitcher?

(see the answer key)

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