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

2. As of the time of Rosemary's interview in Chapter 8, how many finches were not banded on Daphne Major?
(a) 1.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 100.

3. As mentioned in Chapter 5, which book did Laurene Ratcliffe read while waiting for rain on Daphne Major?
(a) Waiting for Godot.
(b) A Streetcar Named Desire.
(c) The Agony and the Ecstasy.
(d) The Sound and the Fury.

4. Chapter 8 mentions that Peter has to deliver a lecture in which country?
(a) Greece.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Hungary.

5. Which of the following is not a predator mentioned in Chapter 6?
(a) Piranha.
(b) Prawn.
(c) Cichlid.
(d) Rivulus hartii.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Weiner describe as having "the body plan of a volcano"?

2. Who analyzed the finch data from the 1970s using partial regression analysis?

3. How old are the oldest finches on the island?

4. In chapter 6, Weiner compares evolution to the motion of which object?

5. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?

(see the answer key)

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