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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. Who is studying the Sticklebacks?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Chris Chaplin.
(c) Dolph Schluter.
(d) Trevor Price.

2. How many eggs did the best-breeding finch lay in the rainy season?
(a) 20.
(b) 14.
(c) 29.
(d) 32.

3. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?
(a) Walnuts.
(b) Pistachios.
(c) Twinkies.
(d) Potato chips.

4. Who devised the idea of "adaptive landscapes"?
(a) Sewall Wright.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Trevor Price.
(d) Phillip Gingerich.

5. Which biologist thought of Darwin's finches as "not separate species at all, but 'hybrid swarms'"?
(a) Jamie Smith.
(b) David Lack.
(c) Percy R. Lowe.
(d) Peter Boag.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the illustration in The Origin of Species depict?

5. From what bird do the vampire finches drink blood?

(see the answer key)

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