2. For what university did the drosophilists discussed in Chapter 12 work?
(a) New York University.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Rockefeller University.

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

4. In what state did Benjamin Walsh build his homestead?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) California.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Illinois.

5. What type of bird is the Crossbill?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Woodpecker.
(c) Finch.
(d) Sparrow.

6. How many times has the environment changed as rapidly as in the 20th century?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 0.

7. In chapter 15, Weiner discusses the growth of which microbe in a Petri dish?
(a) E. coli.
(b) Ebola virus.
(c) Streptococcus.
(d) Salmonella.

8. What book is quoted at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) The Iliad.
(b) Revelation.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Hamlet.

9. What does an old woman in Puerto Ayora eat to avenge herself against the finches?
(a) Rotisserie finch.
(b) Finch soup.
(c) Cacabus seeds.
(d) Tribulus seeds.

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

11. What part of the human is comparable to the finch's beak, according to Weiner?
(a) The mind.
(b) The digestive tract.
(c) The hand.
(d) The eye.

12. Approximately how many species of birds are there in the world?
(a) 305.
(b) 970.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 100,000.

13. How long did it take flies to develop resistance to the "resistance-proof" pesticides introduced in 1967?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 5 years.

14. How much rain fell in the driest year on Daphne Major?
(a) None.
(b) 5 meters.
(c) 6 millimeters.
(d) 70 millimeters.

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