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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. What is the nickname by which Peter calls the finch in Chapter 1?
(a) Famous Bird.
(b) Cheeky.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Oolong Oolong.

2. As discussed in Chapter 4, which of the finches' traits did Peter Boag study for his thesis?
(a) Heritability.
(b) Survival mechanisms.
(c) Resistance to disease.
(d) Tarsus length.

3. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1973.

4. Who named one finch species "Geospiza incerta," which, according to Weiner, means "ground finch, I guess"?
(a) Carolus Linnaeus.
(b) Peter Grant.
(c) John Gould.
(d) Darwin.

5. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Duncan Porter.
(c) David Lack.
(d) Ian Abbott.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which famous writer went to Christ's College before Darwin?

3. Who has deeply studied the history of studying evolution in the Galapagos Islands?

4. On which island in the Galapagos archipelago did Darwin land first?

5. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?

(see the answer key)

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