The Beak of the Finch Test | Final Test - Easy

Jonathan Weiner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Beak of the Finch Test | Final Test - Easy

Jonathan Weiner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many species of finch are there in Hawaii?
(a) 60.
(b) 113.
(c) 32.
(d) 40.

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

3. What do the Grants keep in the freezer in the "sub-subbasement'?
(a) Ice core samples.
(b) Hotdogs.
(c) Bacteria.
(d) Blood samples.

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

5. Who has catalogued Darwin's spelling mistakes?
(a) Frank J. Sulloway.
(b) Jackson Pollock.
(c) Rosemary Grant.
(d) Sir John Sebright.

6. What is the name of the Charles Darwin Research Station's journal?
(a) Imprimatur Evolutionii.
(b) Noticias del Mar.
(c) Darwin Daily.
(d) Noticias de Galapagos.

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

8. What type of computer does Rosemary use?
(a) Gateway.
(b) Hewlett Packard.
(c) Macintosh.
(d) Dell.

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

10. Who is studying the Sticklebacks?
(a) Dolph Schluter.
(b) Trevor Price.
(c) Peter Boag.
(d) Chris Chaplin.

11. Where did Darwin pick up the second volume of Principles of Geology?
(a) Buenos Aires.
(b) Valparaíso.
(c) Guayaquil.
(d) Montevideo.

12. In the first paragraph of Chapter 11, Darwin is discussing the hybridization of which animal?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Pigeon.
(d) Fox.

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

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

15. What is different from farm to farm in the Mississippi Delta?
(a) Mosquito density.
(b) Crop circles.
(c) Wildflowers.
(d) Birdsong.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ernst Mayr, what animal has "specialized in despecialization"?

2. Whom did Darwin commission to breed unusual combinations of pigeons?

3. How long did it take flies to develop resistance to the "resistance-proof" pesticides introduced in 1967?

4. In what state did Benjamin Walsh build his homestead?

5. Who made the statement about Cleopatra's nose that is quoted in Chapter 11?

(see the answer keys)

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