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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 does the Latin word "specere" mean?
(a) To be speckled.
(b) To see.
(c) To specify.
(d) To sing.

2. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1973.

3. How long have the Grants been conducting research on this island?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 12 years.

4. How much rain fell on the day the severe drought ended, as mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Thirty millimeters.
(b) One inch.
(c) Two inches.
(d) Fifty millimeters.

5. Who is speaking in the first sentence of Chapter 9?
(a) Peter Grant.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Trevor Price.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first paragraph of Chapter 11, Darwin is discussing the hybridization of which animal?

2. What book did Darwin call his "Big Book"?

3. Who gave the lecture "The Demonstrative Evidence of Evolution"?

4. In what year was the Charles Darwin Research Station founded?

5. Which year was the dry year that is discussed in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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