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

2. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?
(a) Sea cucumbers.
(b) Seals.
(c) Bracket fungi.
(d) Ferns.

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

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

5. What does the illustration in The Origin of Species depict?
(a) An iguana.
(b) The "tree of life."
(c) A mockingbird.
(d) London Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which book is quoted at the beginning of Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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