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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?
(a) University of Manitoba.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Yale University.

3. In what year did the Grants' team first notice the finches' hybrid breeding?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1976.

4. In Chapter 5, to which mythical figure does Weiner compare the finches?
(a) The Sirens.
(b) Icharus.
(c) Medusa.
(d) Sisyphus.

5. Who was Peter Grant's last teacher?
(a) Carolus Linnaeus.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) David Lack.
(d) G. Evelyn Hutchinson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Weiner states in Chapter 14 that the finches are like which work of art?

2. Whose A Short History of Biology "killed Darwin with kindness," according to Weiner?

3. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?

4. How many species of Ground finch are there in the Galapagos?

5. Who was Trevor Price's assistant in the Galapagos?

(see the answer key)

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