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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. Who made the statement about Cleopatra's nose that is quoted in Chapter 11?
(a) Aesop.
(b) Pascal.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Pythagorus.

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

3. What plants did the Grants find growing on Nuñez?
(a) Oak trees.
(b) Green beans.
(c) Flame trees.
(d) Hibiscus.

4. Chapter 17 showcases the evolution of which mammal?
(a) Elephant.
(b) Rhinoceros.
(c) Fox.
(d) Manatee.

5. Whom did Darwin commission to breed unusual combinations of pigeons?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Sir John Sebright.
(c) Arthur Conan Doyle.
(d) John Sewall.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the ancestors of humans start to walk?

2. What type of finch is Number 3425?

3. What do the iguanas in the Galapagos eat?

4. As discussed in Chapter 4, which of the finches' traits did Peter Boag study for his thesis?

5. How many genera of plants did Darwin's friend find in a "small fallow field in Kent"?

(see the answer key)

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