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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. Which are the "fittest finches on the island," as discussed in Chapter 8?
(a) The hybrids between the magnirostris and the fortis.
(b) The fuliginosa.
(c) The hybrids between the scandens and the fortis.
(d) The scandens.

2. Which book is quoted at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Ovid.
(c) Gilgamesh.
(d) The Odyssey.

3. Who developed the "principle of divergence"?
(a) Darwin.
(b) David Lack.
(c) Carolus Linnaeus.
(d) Trevor Price.

4. Weiner states in Chapter 14 that the finches are like which work of art?
(a) Michelangelo's Prisoners.
(b) Guernica.
(c) Pieta.
(d) David.

5. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?
(a) Sea cucumbers.
(b) Ferns.
(c) Bracket fungi.
(d) Seals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal does the Hawaiian Drosophila Project study?

3. What does an old woman in Puerto Ayora eat to avenge herself against the finches?

4. How long did Darwin study barnacles?

5. Approximately how many species of birds are there in the world?

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