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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the instrument the Grants use to measure the hardness of the seeds the finches eat?
(a) The Princeton omni-tool.
(b) Sphygmomanometer.
(c) The McGill nutcracker.
(d) The McGill barometer.

3. Who created the concept of the "darwin"?
(a) Trevor Price.
(b) Peter Grant.
(c) J.B.S. Haldane.
(d) Charles Darwin.

4. How many species of finch live in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) 15.
(b) 7.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

5. According to Weiner, the woodpecker's beak is similar to what tool?
(a) Shovel.
(b) Awl.
(c) Pickaxe.
(d) Chisel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who devised the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker?

2. Who wrote the book Natural Selection in the Wild?

3. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?

4. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?

5. Which playwright does Weiner quote at the end of Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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