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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the boat by which the Grants traveled from island to island, as mentioned in Chapter 8?
(a) The Grossbeak.
(b) The Enforcer.
(c) The Sea Lion.
(d) The Flamingo.

2. What animals did Darwin call "imps of darkness"?
(a) Sea lions.
(b) Mockingbirds.
(c) Iguanas.
(d) Tortoises.

3. Chapter 8 mentions that Peter has to deliver a lecture in which country?
(a) Greece.
(b) Hungary.
(c) England.
(d) France.

4. Who helped Jamie Smith analyze his data on sparrows?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Peter Grant.
(c) Ian Abbott.
(d) Dolph Schluter.

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

6. How many sparrows survived the first population crash that Jamie Smith studied?
(a) 8.
(b) 56.
(c) 14.
(d) 102.

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

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

9. In Chapter 5, to which mythical figure does Weiner compare the finches?
(a) Sisyphus.
(b) The Sirens.
(c) Medusa.
(d) Icharus.

10. In Chapter 6, what does Weiner compare to a Petri dish?
(a) New York City.
(b) Daphne Major.
(c) Earth.
(d) Genovesa.

11. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?
(a) Twinkies.
(b) Walnuts.
(c) Pistachios.
(d) Potato chips.

12. Who wrote the book Natural Selection in the Wild?
(a) David Lack.
(b) John Endler.
(c) Peter Grant.
(d) Charles Darwin.

13. Who argued against the principle of divergence using the phrase "the Ghost of Competition Past"?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) Joseph Connell.
(d) David Lack.

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

15. As of the time of Rosemary's interview in Chapter 8, how many finches were not banded on Daphne Major?
(a) 20.
(b) 100.
(c) 1.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Darwin call his "Big Book"?

2. Which book is quoted at the beginning of Chapter 10?

3. Who was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?

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

5. Where do the Grants work in the United States?

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