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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 devised the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker?
(a) Joseph Hooker.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Darwin.
(d) William Paley.

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

3. Which type of animal in the Galapagos has one alpha male that mates with many females?
(a) Tortoise.
(b) Iguana.
(c) Booby.
(d) Sea lion.

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

5. Weiner states in Chapter 14 that the finches are like which work of art?
(a) Michelangelo's Prisoners.
(b) Guernica.
(c) David.
(d) Pieta.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?

3. Who developed the "principle of divergence"?

4. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?

5. How many people carry the bacteria that causes tuberculosis?

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