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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) Rosemary Grant.
(c) Trevor Price.
(d) Ian Abbott.

2. In the first paragraph of Chapter 11, Darwin is discussing the hybridization of which animal?
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Fox.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Eagle.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?

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

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

5. What animal does Scott Carroll study?

(see the answer key)

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