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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many species of plants exist in the Galapagos?
(a) 2000.
(b) 50.
(c) 700.
(d) 12.

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

3. On which island in the Galapagos archipelago did Darwin land first?
(a) San Cristóbal.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Daphne.
(d) Genovesa.

4. What plant did the botanist Edgar Anderson study in the Ozarks?
(a) Dandelions.
(b) Spiderwort.
(c) Lichens.
(d) Creeping phlox.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old are the oldest finches on the island?

4. Which type of fish is discussed at length in Chapter 6?

5. How much rain has fallen on the island in the past forty-four months?

(see the answer key)

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