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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. What is the painting called that Henry Stacy Marks created?
(a) Experiments in Ornithology.
(b) Science Is Measurement.
(c) David.
(d) The Birdwatcher's Evening.

2. What is different from farm to farm in the Mississippi Delta?
(a) Birdsong.
(b) Wildflowers.
(c) Mosquito density.
(d) Crop circles.

3. What is "one of the greatest remaining mysteries in biology," according to Weiner?
(a) Origins of the universe.
(b) The missing link.
(c) Human consciousness.
(d) Pigmentation.

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

5. From what bird do the vampire finches drink blood?
(a) Boobies.
(b) Robins.
(c) Passenger pigeons.
(d) Egrets.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university did Lisle Gibbs study?

2. Who draws a chart at the end of Chapter 14?

3. How many times has the environment changed as rapidly as in the 20th century?

4. In what year was the Charles Darwin Research Station founded?

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

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