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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of bird suffered on Genovesa during the rains of 1982-83?
(a) Bluebird.
(b) Booby.
(c) Finch.
(d) Mockingbird.

3. Which animal did the evolutionist David Lack not consider when formulating his ideas, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Barnacles.
(b) Paramecia.
(c) Finches.
(d) Snails.

4. What does an old woman in Puerto Ayora eat to avenge herself against the finches?
(a) Rotisserie finch.
(b) Finch soup.
(c) Cacabus seeds.
(d) Tribulus seeds.

5. Who argued against the principle of divergence using the phrase "the Ghost of Competition Past"?
(a) David Lack.
(b) Joseph Connell.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Peter Boag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of computer does Rosemary use?

2. On which island in the Galapagos archipelago did Darwin land first?

3. What is the name of the librarian of the Charles Darwin Research Station?

4. Who is studying the Sticklebacks?

5. Which animal did one finch attack during the dry year?

(see the answer key)

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