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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. Which book is quoted at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Genesis.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) Gilgamesh.
(d) Ovid.

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

3. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?
(a) Berries.
(b) Greens.
(c) Fish.
(d) Tortoise.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of bird is the Crossbill?

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

3. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?

4. Who created the concept of the "darwin"?

5. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?

(see the answer key)

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