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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. In Chapter 5, to which mythical figure does Weiner compare the finches?
(a) The Sirens.
(b) Icharus.
(c) Medusa.
(d) Sisyphus.

2. What plants did the Grants find growing on Nuñez?
(a) Green beans.
(b) Flame trees.
(c) Oak trees.
(d) Hibiscus.

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

4. Whose A Short History of Biology "killed Darwin with kindness," according to Weiner?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley's.
(b) Singer's.
(c) Peter Grant's.
(d) David Lack's.

5. Which plant has dominated Daphne Major since the flood?
(a) Tribulus.
(b) Passionflower.
(c) Cactus.
(d) Cacabus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the librarian of the Charles Darwin Research Station?

2. Who devised the idea of "adaptive landscapes"?

3. Who appears in Chapter 15 separating DNA in plastic bags?

4. What Galapagos island is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 1?

5. In chapter 15, Weiner discusses the growth of which microbe in a Petri dish?

(see the answer key)

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