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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 animal did the evolutionist David Lack not consider when formulating his ideas, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Paramecia.
(b) Snails.
(c) Barnacles.
(d) Finches.

2. What unusual seed did the Grants find on Genovesa after El Niño?
(a) Poison apple.
(b) Wild grape.
(c) Sumac.
(d) Buckeye.

3. What type of animal was the Eohippus (or the Hyracotherium)?
(a) Turtle.
(b) Horse.
(c) Monkey.
(d) Cow.

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

5. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?
(a) Swallows.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Mockingbirds.
(d) Sparrows.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?

3. Who, when observing Darwin's finches in museums, noticed the many differences in the birds' beaks?

4. What was the name of the captain of Darwin's ship?

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

(see the answer key)

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