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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many times did the Croton trees bloom in the rains of 1982-83?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.
2. Who gave the lecture "The Demonstrative Evidence of Evolution"?
(a) William Paley.
(b) David Lack.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Thomas Henry Huxley.
3. How many species of Ground finch are there in the Galapagos?
(a) Eight.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Six.
4. How much rain has fallen on the island in the past forty-four months?
(a) 50 inches.
(b) 500 inches.
(c) 5 inches.
(d) 1/5 of an inch.
5. Which playwright does Weiner quote at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Maimonides.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Chekhov.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was Peter Grant's last teacher?
2. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?
3. What does Weiner compare to the "flaming sword at the gates of Eden"?
4. As of the time of Rosemary's interview in Chapter 8, how many finches were not banded on Daphne Major?
5. Who argued against the principle of divergence using the phrase "the Ghost of Competition Past"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Of what significance is Darwin's Sandwalk to science?
2. Compare and contrast evolution as seen through the fossil record and as observed in real time.
3. What was Darwin's seed experiment that is discussed in Chapter 9, and how did he carry it out?
4. Discuss the likelihood that two species will hybridize and the probable outcomes of such a hybridization.
5. How do various species get from island to island in the Galapagos? Remember to include examples of both plants and animals.
6. Explain the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker.
7. Explain the significance of the Tribulus seed for Darwin's finches.
8. Describe the appearance of Daphne Major after it stopped raining in Chapter 7.
9. Explain the significance about the year 1983 as described in Chapter 8.
10. How did the finches respond to the rain after the intense drought?
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