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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) Paradise Lost.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Candide.
(d) The Divine Comedy.

2. The Grants' research is compared to which novel?
(a) Great Expectations.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) Anna Karenina.

3. What was the name of Darwin's grandfather?
(a) Erasmus.
(b) Martin.
(c) Anselm.
(d) Augustine.

4. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?
(a) Canada.
(b) The Lake District.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Jamie Smith study sparrows?

4. Approximately how many islands are in the Galapagos Archipelago?

5. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?

(see the answer key)

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