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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color "indicates age and experience" in the male finches' feathers?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Gold.
(d) Yellow.

2. As discussed in Chapter 4, which of the finches' traits did Peter Boag study for his thesis?
(a) Tarsus length.
(b) Resistance to disease.
(c) Heritability.
(d) Survival mechanisms.

3. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?
(a) Ian Abbott.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) Lisle Gibbs.
(d) Peter Grant.

4. Who was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?
(a) Rosemary Grant.
(b) Nicola Grant.
(c) Ian Abbott.
(d) Trevor Price.

5. The Grants' research is compared to which novel?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) Great Expectations.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) Anna Karenina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which classic work of literature did Darwin take with him on his trip to the Galapagos Islands?

2. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?

3. What is the name of the instrument the Grants use to measure the hardness of the seeds the finches eat?

4. What animal does Weiner describe as having "the body plan of a volcano"?

5. From what bird do the vampire finches drink blood?

(see the answer key)

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