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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Rosemary bait the finch traps?
(a) Seal blubber.
(b) Birdseed.
(c) Banana.
(d) Apple.

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

3. What Galapagos island is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 1?
(a) Santiago.
(b) Isabela.
(c) Sin Nombre.
(d) Daphne Major.

4. What animal does Weiner describe as having "the body plan of a volcano"?
(a) Barnacle.
(b) Crow.
(c) Tortoise.
(d) Mussel.

5. Which classic work of literature did Darwin take with him on his trip to the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Paradise Lost.
(b) The Divine Comedy.
(c) Candide.
(d) Hamlet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?

2. The Grants' research is compared to which novel?

3. What book did Darwin call his "Big Book"?

4. What type of animal was the Eohippus (or the Hyracotherium)?

5. What color is the beak of a finch that is about to mate?

(see the answer key)

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