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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. What animals did Darwin call "imps of darkness"?
(a) Tortoises.
(b) Sea lions.
(c) Iguanas.
(d) Mockingbirds.

2. In the first paragraph of Chapter 11, Darwin is discussing the hybridization of which animal?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Pigeon.
(c) Fox.
(d) Hawk.

3. As witnessed by Hermon Carey Bumpus, which birds died en masse after a blizzard?
(a) English sparrows.
(b) Chickadees.
(c) Starlings.
(d) Nuthatches.

4. Chapter 8 mentions that Peter has to deliver a lecture in which country?
(a) England.
(b) Greece.
(c) France.
(d) Hungary.

5. How many species of Ground finch are there in the Galapagos?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Fourteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Peter Grant keep newspaper photos on his office door?

2. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?

3. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?

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

5. According to Weiner, the woodpecker's beak is similar to what tool?

(see the answer key)

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