View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who named one finch species "Geospiza incerta," which, according to Weiner, means "ground finch, I guess"?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Peter Grant.
(c) John Gould.
(d) Carolus Linnaeus.

2. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?
(a) Three millimeters.
(b) Two millimeters.
(c) Half a millimeter.
(d) One millimeter.

3. Weiner compares the Cactus finch to whom in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Plains Indians.
(b) The Pittsburgh Penguins.
(c) The Pilgrims.
(d) The faculty of the University of Michigan.

4. According to Weiner, the woodpecker's beak is similar to what tool?
(a) Chisel.
(b) Awl.
(c) Shovel.
(d) Pickaxe.

5. What is the name of the instrument the Grants use to measure the hardness of the seeds the finches eat?
(a) The Princeton omni-tool.
(b) The McGill barometer.
(c) The McGill nutcracker.
(d) Sphygmomanometer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?

2. Which famous writer went to Christ's College before Darwin?

3. What organization did Tjitte de Vries direct?

4. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?

5. Which playwright does Weiner quote at the end of Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 222 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample