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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which famous writer went to Christ's College before Darwin?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) John Milton.
(c) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(d) Daniel Defoe.

2. How long did Darwin study barnacles?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 25 years.

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

4. Where do the Grants work in the United States?
(a) NASA.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) The Ohio State University.

5. Which animal did the evolutionist David Lack not consider when formulating his ideas, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Finches.
(b) Snails.
(c) Barnacles.
(d) Paramecia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?

2. How much rain fell on the day the severe drought ended, as mentioned in Chapter 5?

3. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?

4. What animals did Darwin call "imps of darkness"?

5. Where does Jamie Smith study sparrows?

(see the answer key)

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