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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which playwright does Weiner quote at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Maimonides.

2. Weiner compares the Cactus finch to whom in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Plains Indians.
(b) The Pilgrims.
(c) The faculty of the University of Michigan.
(d) The Pittsburgh Penguins.

3. Whose appearance is described at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Laurene Ratcliffe.
(c) Rosemary Grant.
(d) Ian Abbott.

4. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?
(a) 30.
(b) 35.
(c) 12.
(d) 21.

5. As described at the end of Chapter 6, for what were Trevor Price and Lisle Gibbs waiting?
(a) Nightfall.
(b) A bus.
(c) Rain.
(d) The dry season.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Peter Grant keep newspaper photos on his office door?

2. What part of the finch is the tarsus?

3. What color "indicates age and experience" in the male finches' feathers?

4. What do the iguanas in the Galapagos eat?

5. How many plants grew in Darwin's cup of dirt?

(see the answer key)

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