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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. According to Ernst Mayr, what animal has "specialized in despecialization"?
(a) Humans.
(b) Giant pandas.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Finches.

2. How old are the oldest finches on the island?
(a) 12 years old.
(b) 15 years old.
(c) 13 years old.
(d) 5 years old.

3. Who has deeply studied the history of studying evolution in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Frank J. Sulloway.
(b) William Hamilton.
(c) David Anderson.
(d) Peter Boag.

4. What does Weiner compare to the "flaming sword at the gates of Eden"?
(a) The principle of divergence.
(b) El Niño.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Sexual selection.

5. Approximately how many islands are in the Galapagos Archipelago?
(a) 50.
(b) 10.
(c) 36.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Darwin commission to breed unusual combinations of pigeons?

2. What color was the moth Biston betularia in the early 1800s?

3. Who made the statement about Cleopatra's nose that is quoted in Chapter 11?

4. How many E. coli bacteria can grow from one bacterium within eight hours?

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

(see the answer key)

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