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

2. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?
(a) 12.
(b) 21.
(c) 35.
(d) 30.

3. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?
(a) Pistachios.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Twinkies.
(d) Walnuts.

4. Cactus finches build their nest to protect themselves from which animal?
(a) Scorpions.
(b) Owls.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Eagles.

5. Who helped Jamie Smith analyze his data on sparrows?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Dolph Schluter.
(d) Peter Grant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what university did Lisle Gibbs study?

3. Who developed the "principle of divergence"?

4. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?

5. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?

(see the answer key)

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