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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. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?
(a) Canada.
(b) The Lake District.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

2. Who devised the idea of "adaptive landscapes"?
(a) Phillip Gingerich.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Sewall Wright.
(d) Trevor Price.

3. How many species of Ground finch are there in the Galapagos?
(a) Eight.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Six.

4. What animal does Weiner describe as having "the body plan of a volcano"?
(a) Barnacle.
(b) Mussel.
(c) Crow.
(d) Tortoise.

5. As mentioned in Chapter 5, which book did Laurene Ratcliffe read while waiting for rain on Daphne Major?
(a) The Agony and the Ecstasy.
(b) The Sound and the Fury.
(c) A Streetcar Named Desire.
(d) Waiting for Godot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many eggs did the best-breeding finch lay in the rainy season?

2. Who analyzed the finch data from the 1970s using partial regression analysis?

3. In chapter 6, Weiner compares evolution to the motion of which object?

4. What do Crossbills eat?

5. To which of the researchers' objects are finches always attracted?

(see the answer key)

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