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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was the moth Biston betularia in the early 1800s?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Bluish green.
(d) White.

2. Chapter 17 showcases the evolution of which mammal?
(a) Fox.
(b) Rhinoceros.
(c) Manatee.
(d) Elephant.

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

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

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

6. In chapter 16, Weiner compares evolutionists to characters in which classic story?
(a) Donnie Darko.
(b) A Christmas Carol.
(c) Frankenstein.
(d) Gulliver's Travels.

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

8. What does the Latin word "reticulum" mean?
(a) Explosion.
(b) Net.
(c) Diversion.
(d) Line.

9. Where is Anvers Island?
(a) In the South Pacific.
(b) Near the British Isles.
(c) In the Antarctic.
(d) In the Baltic.

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

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

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

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

14. Which Babylonian king "saw the writing on the wall"?
(a) Belshazzar.
(b) Nebuchadnezzar.
(c) Xerxes.
(d) Cyrus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which scientist is mentioned in Chapter 14 as strongly advocating the need for measurement in science?

2. Who appears in Chapter 15 separating DNA in plastic bags?

3. How many E. coli bacteria can grow from one bacterium within eight hours?

4. For what university did the drosophilists discussed in Chapter 12 work?

5. Who wrote the article on global warming that is discussed in Chapter 18?

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