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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. Who draws a chart at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Peter Boag and Laurene Ratcliffe.
(b) Peter and Rosemary.
(c) Trevor Price.
(d) Martin Taylor.

2. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?
(a) Berries.
(b) Tortoise.
(c) Greens.
(d) Fish.

3. Who wrote the book The Blind Watchmaker?
(a) Rob Bell.
(b) Richard Dawkins.
(c) Thomas Aquinas.
(d) Mark Powell.

4. Which book is quoted at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) Gilgamesh.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Ovid.

5. What animal does the Hawaiian Drosophila Project study?
(a) Manta rays.
(b) Dragonflies.
(c) Fruit flies.
(d) Fruit bats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who analyzed the finch data from the 1970s using partial regression analysis?

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

3. How many E. coli bacteria can grow from one bacterium within eight hours?

4. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?

5. As witnessed by Hermon Carey Bumpus, which birds died en masse after a blizzard?

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