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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which scientist is mentioned in Chapter 14 as strongly advocating the need for measurement in science?
(a) Marie Curie.
(b) Louis Pasteur.
(c) Blaise Pascal.
(d) Lord Kelvin.

2. What animal does Scott Carroll study?
(a) The tsetse fly.
(b) The water buffalo.
(c) The soapberry bug.
(d) The English bulldog.

3. What is the name of the mutant gene that helps flies resist DDT?
(a) Env.
(b) Mvw.
(c) Kdr.
(d) Zdp.

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

5. In what month do cacti on Daphne Major start to bloom?
(a) July.
(b) December.
(c) March.
(d) October.

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

7. Who draws a chart at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Peter and Rosemary.
(b) Peter Boag and Laurene Ratcliffe.
(c) Trevor Price.
(d) Martin Taylor.

8. What is the name of the librarian of the Charles Darwin Research Station?
(a) Gayle Davies.
(b) Ginger Jones.
(c) Dorothy Sayers.
(d) Doris Jackson.

9. What does the Latin word "specere" mean?
(a) To be speckled.
(b) To specify.
(c) To see.
(d) To sing.

10. Which Greek philosopher is quoted at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Heraclitus.
(d) Euripides.

11. From where does Martin Taylor collect his moth specimens?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) The East Coast.
(c) The Pacific Northwest.
(d) The Bible Belt.

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

13. How many E. coli bacteria can grow from one bacterium within eight hours?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 5000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 20 million.

14. On which island do humans not normally live?
(a) Floreana.
(b) Santa Cruz.
(c) Genovesa.
(d) San Cristóbal.

15. How many species of Cichlid live in Lake Victoria?
(a) 500.
(b) 15.
(c) 200.
(d) 56.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the illustration in The Origin of Species depict?

2. Where did Darwin find the finch Magnirostris magnirostris?

3. What color was the moth Biston betularia in the early 1800s?

4. Which animal did Lewontin and Birch study?

5. Which Babylonian king "saw the writing on the wall"?

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