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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. Which are the "fittest finches on the island," as discussed in Chapter 8?
(a) The scandens.
(b) The fuliginosa.
(c) The hybrids between the scandens and the fortis.
(d) The hybrids between the magnirostris and the fortis.

2. What type of bird suffered on Genovesa during the rains of 1982-83?
(a) Mockingbird.
(b) Booby.
(c) Finch.
(d) Bluebird.

3. Cactus finches build their nest to protect themselves from which animal?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Owls.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Hawks.

4. In chapter 6, Weiner compares evolution to the motion of which object?
(a) A Jackson Pollock painting.
(b) A kaleidoscope.
(c) A whirligig.
(d) A volcano.

5. Who was the first person who could recognize all the finches on Daphne Major?
(a) Ian Abbott.
(b) Rosemary Grant.
(c) Nicola Grant.
(d) Trevor Price.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?

2. How long did Darwin study barnacles?

3. Who wrote the book Natural Selection in the Wild?

4. Who created the concept of the "darwin"?

5. Who was Trevor Price's assistant in the Galapagos?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Trevor Price wait so impatiently for rain, and how did he respond when it continued not to come?

2. Under what circumstances do finches drink nectar?

3. Describe what Peter Boag and Laurene Ratcliffe did on Daphne Major while waiting for rain.

4. What did Lack discover about the finches, and how was it significant?

5. Compare the beaks of Jamie Smith's sparrows with the beaks of the finches.

6. What was the "most miserable piece of data" Peter Boag ever gathered? Explain.

7. How did Darwin react to the finches while he was in the Galapagos and later while he was in England?

8. Summarize Endler's guppy experiments.

9. Explain Weiner's assertion that "taxonomists can be classified into splitters and lumpers."

10. Compare and contrast the Grants' tools on Daphne Major and their tools at Princeton.

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