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

2. What was the name of Darwin's grandfather?
(a) Erasmus.
(b) Martin.
(c) Augustine.
(d) Anselm.

3. Who was Peter Grant's last teacher?
(a) Carolus Linnaeus.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) David Lack.
(d) G. Evelyn Hutchinson.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jamie Smith study sparrows?

2. What was the name of the captain of Darwin's ship?

3. What is the name of the librarian of the Charles Darwin Research Station?

4. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 6?

5. With what does Rosemary bait the finch traps?

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