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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. What Galapagos island is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 1?
(a) Daphne Major.
(b) Sin Nombre.
(c) Santiago.
(d) Isabela.

2. Of whom does Peter Grant keep newspaper photos on his office door?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Nicola Grant.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) A bagpipe player.

3. What does Weiner compare to the "flaming sword at the gates of Eden"?
(a) Sexual selection.
(b) El Niño.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) The principle of divergence.

4. Which famous writer went to Christ's College before Darwin?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) John Milton.
(c) Daniel Defoe.
(d) Robert Louis Stevenson.

5. How old are the oldest finches on the island?
(a) 15 years old.
(b) 13 years old.
(c) 5 years old.
(d) 12 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization did Tjitte de Vries direct?

2. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?

3. In chapter 6, Weiner compares evolution to the motion of which object?

4. What was the name of the captain of Darwin's ship?

5. Who is "the greatest authority on plants of the Galapagos"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the typical method of arrival on Daphne Major.

2. Explain the significance about the year 1983 as described in Chapter 8.

3. Describe the view from the peak of Daphne Major.

4. Explain the significance of black and brown feathers in finch males, as discussed in Chapter 6.

5. Describe some of the differences between the finch species in the Galapagos.

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

7. Which Fortis finches survived the drought of 1977, and why?

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

9. Explain Darwin's "eureka" from Chapter 10.

10. What was Darwin's seed experiment that is discussed in Chapter 9, and how did he carry it out?

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