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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which type of fish is discussed at length in Chapter 6?
(a) Goldfish.
(b) Betta.
(c) Cod.
(d) Guppy.

2. Of whom does Peter Grant keep newspaper photos on his office door?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) A bagpipe player.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Nicola Grant.

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

4. Who appears in Chapter 15 separating DNA in plastic bags?
(a) Peter Grant.
(b) Dolph Schluter.
(c) Peter Boag.
(d) Trevor Price.

5. How many times did Number 3425 breed in 1983?
(a) 1.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which biologist thought of Darwin's finches as "not separate species at all, but 'hybrid swarms'"?

2. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?

3. Who wrote the book The Blind Watchmaker?

4. In what state did Benjamin Walsh build his homestead?

5. Chapter 8 mentions that Peter has to deliver a lecture in which country?

(see the answer key)

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