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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. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?
(a) 35.
(b) 12.
(c) 30.
(d) 21.

2. What animal does the Hawaiian Drosophila Project study?
(a) Fruit bats.
(b) Dragonflies.
(c) Fruit flies.
(d) Manta rays.

3. Who was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?
(a) Trevor Price.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Rosemary Grant.
(d) Nicola Grant.

4. What does the Latin word "specere" mean?
(a) To see.
(b) To specify.
(c) To sing.
(d) To be speckled.

5. What does the Latin word "reticulum" mean?
(a) Line.
(b) Explosion.
(c) Diversion.
(d) Net.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what book does Darwin discuss "sexual selection"?

2. What is the painting called that Henry Stacy Marks created?

3. What do Crossbills eat?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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