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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which Babylonian king "saw the writing on the wall"?
(a) Xerxes.
(b) Nebuchadnezzar.
(c) Belshazzar.
(d) Cyrus.
2. Who wrote the article on global warming that is discussed in Chapter 18?
(a) John Endler.
(b) Andrew Bakun.
(c) Trevor Price.
(d) Phillip Gingerich.
3. How long did it take flies to develop resistance to the "resistance-proof" pesticides introduced in 1967?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 10 years.
4. What is the name of the mutant gene that helps flies resist DDT?
(a) Zdp.
(b) Mvw.
(c) Kdr.
(d) Env.
5. How many times has the environment changed as rapidly as in the 20th century?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.
6. Approximately how many species of birds are there in the world?
(a) 305.
(b) 970.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 10,000.
7. What is the painting called that Henry Stacy Marks created?
(a) David.
(b) Science Is Measurement.
(c) The Birdwatcher's Evening.
(d) Experiments in Ornithology.
8. According to Ernst Mayr, what animal has "specialized in despecialization"?
(a) Finches.
(b) Giant pandas.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Humans.
9. What is the name of the Charles Darwin Research Station's journal?
(a) Darwin Daily.
(b) Imprimatur Evolutionii.
(c) Noticias del Mar.
(d) Noticias de Galapagos.
10. Where did Darwin pick up the second volume of Principles of Geology?
(a) Valparaíso.
(b) Montevideo.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Guayaquil.
11. Whom did Darwin commission to breed unusual combinations of pigeons?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) John Sewall.
(c) Arthur Conan Doyle.
(d) Sir John Sebright.
12. For what university did the drosophilists discussed in Chapter 12 work?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) Rockefeller University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) New York University.
13. Who draws a chart at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Peter and Rosemary.
(b) Trevor Price.
(c) Martin Taylor.
(d) Peter Boag and Laurene Ratcliffe.
14. What type of bird is the Crossbill?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Woodpecker.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) Finch.
15. As mentioned in Chapter 16, Darwin states that which bird landed on his water pitcher?
(a) Mockingbird.
(b) Heron.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Finch.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the illustration in The Origin of Species depict?
2. Chapter 17 showcases the evolution of which mammal?
3. In chapter 16, Weiner compares evolutionists to characters in which classic story?
4. How many species of Cichlid live in Lake Victoria?
5. In chapter 15, Weiner discusses the growth of which microbe in a Petri dish?
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