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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the researchers' objects are finches always attracted?
(a) Fans.
(b) The trash can.
(c) Boots.
(d) A bucket of water.

2. Which animal did one finch attack during the dry year?
(a) A black lizard.
(b) A sea lion.
(c) A mockingbird.
(d) A hawk.

3. Where does Jamie Smith study sparrows?
(a) Patagonia.
(b) England.
(c) Michigan.
(d) British Columbia.

4. How many times did the Croton trees bloom in the rains of 1982-83?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

5. Who wrote the book The Blind Watchmaker?
(a) Richard Dawkins.
(b) Rob Bell.
(c) Thomas Aquinas.
(d) Mark Powell.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what university did the drosophilists discussed in Chapter 12 work?

2. Who gave the lecture "The Demonstrative Evidence of Evolution"?

3. Who devised the idea of "adaptive landscapes"?

4. Cactus finches build their nest to protect themselves from which animal?

5. As mentioned in Chapter 5, which book did Laurene Ratcliffe read while waiting for rain on Daphne Major?

(see the answer key)

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