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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. What caused the heavy rains in December 1982?
(a) A typhoon.
(b) El Niño.
(c) Unusually cold weather.
(d) Global warming.

2. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1982.

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

4. What normally causes the finches not to eat Chamaesyce?
(a) Its latex substance.
(b) Its furry exterior.
(c) Its thorns.
(d) Its hardness.

5. Who gave the lecture "The Demonstrative Evidence of Evolution"?
(a) Thomas Henry Huxley.
(b) William Paley.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) David Lack.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?

2. In what year was the Charles Darwin Research Station founded?

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

4. What does the illustration in The Origin of Species depict?

5. Who wrote the book The Blind Watchmaker?

(see the answer key)

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