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

2. Who analyzed the finch data from the 1970s using partial regression analysis?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Trevor Price.
(c) Ian Abbott.
(d) Rosemary Grant.

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

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

5. Which animal did one finch attack during the dry year?
(a) A mockingbird.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A sea lion.
(d) A black lizard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which biologist thought of Darwin's finches as "not separate species at all, but 'hybrid swarms'"?

3. According to Weiner, the woodpecker's beak is similar to what tool?

4. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?

5. Which animal did the evolutionist David Lack not consider when formulating his ideas, as mentioned in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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