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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. What was the name of Darwin's grandfather?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Erasmus.
(c) Martin.
(d) Anselm.

2. What animals did Darwin call "imps of darkness"?
(a) Iguanas.
(b) Mockingbirds.
(c) Tortoises.
(d) Sea lions.

3. Which biologist thought of Darwin's finches as "not separate species at all, but 'hybrid swarms'"?
(a) David Lack.
(b) Jamie Smith.
(c) Peter Boag.
(d) Percy R. Lowe.

4. How many genera of plants did Darwin's friend find in a "small fallow field in Kent"?
(a) 7200.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 108.

5. What part of the finch is the tarsus?
(a) Wing.
(b) Leg.
(c) Neck.
(d) Beak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?

2. As mentioned in Chapter 5, which book did Laurene Ratcliffe read while waiting for rain on Daphne Major?

3. In Chapter 6, what does Weiner compare to a Petri dish?

4. Who is speaking in the first sentence of Chapter 9?

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

(see the answer key)

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