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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 color "indicates age and experience" in the male finches' feathers?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Gold.

2. How long did Darwin study barnacles?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 25 years.

3. Who named one finch species "Geospiza incerta," which, according to Weiner, means "ground finch, I guess"?
(a) Carolus Linnaeus.
(b) John Gould.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Peter Grant.

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

5. How old are the oldest finches on the island?
(a) 5 years old.
(b) 12 years old.
(c) 15 years old.
(d) 13 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species of finch are there in Hawaii?

2. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?

3. In Chapter 5, to which mythical figure does Weiner compare the finches?

4. How many genera of plants did Darwin's friend find in a "small fallow field in Kent"?

5. What is the nickname by which Peter calls the finch in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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