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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. In the first paragraph of Chapter 11, Darwin is discussing the hybridization of which animal?
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Fox.
(d) Hawk.

2. Who devised the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Joseph Hooker.
(c) Darwin.
(d) William Paley.

3. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?
(a) Duncan Porter.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) David Lack.
(d) Ian Abbott.

4. As of the time of Rosemary's interview in Chapter 8, how many finches were not banded on Daphne Major?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 1.
(d) 100.

5. What caused the heavy rains in December 1982?
(a) Global warming.
(b) El Niño.
(c) Unusually cold weather.
(d) A typhoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 6?

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

3. What animal does the Hawaiian Drosophila Project study?

4. What animals did Darwin call "imps of darkness"?

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

(see the answer key)

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