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

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

3. What part of the finch is the tarsus?
(a) Beak.
(b) Wing.
(c) Leg.
(d) Neck.

4. What type of animal was the Eohippus (or the Hyracotherium)?
(a) Horse.
(b) Cow.
(c) Monkey.
(d) Turtle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Weiner compares the Cactus finch to whom in the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. What is the nickname by which Peter calls the finch in Chapter 1?

3. Who named one finch species "Geospiza incerta," which, according to Weiner, means "ground finch, I guess"?

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

5. How many species of finch live in the Galapagos Islands?

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