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

2. Which are the "fittest finches on the island," as discussed in Chapter 8?
(a) The fuliginosa.
(b) The hybrids between the scandens and the fortis.
(c) The hybrids between the magnirostris and the fortis.
(d) The scandens.

3. What do the iguanas in the Galapagos eat?
(a) Croton seeds.
(b) Finches.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Insects.

4. In chapter 6, Weiner compares evolution to the motion of which object?
(a) A whirligig.
(b) A kaleidoscope.
(c) A volcano.
(d) A Jackson Pollock painting.

5. What organization did Tjitte de Vries direct?
(a) The Finch Unit.
(b) The Environmental Protection Agency.
(c) The Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
(d) The Charles Darwin Research Station.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much rain fell on the day the severe drought ended, as mentioned in Chapter 5?

2. Which of the following is not a predator mentioned in Chapter 6?

3. What was the name of Darwin's grandfather?

4. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?

5. On which island in the Galapagos archipelago did Darwin land first?

(see the answer key)

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