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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 long did Darwin study barnacles?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 25 years.
2. Weiner compares the Cactus finch to whom in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Plains Indians.
(b) The faculty of the University of Michigan.
(c) The Pittsburgh Penguins.
(d) The Pilgrims.
3. What book did Darwin call his "Big Book"?
(a) The Voyage of the Beagle.
(b) The Origin of Species.
(c) Galapagos.
(d) War and Peace.
4. How many times did the Croton trees bloom in the rains of 1982-83?
(a) 1.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.
5. How many times did Number 3425 breed in 1983?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 12.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Grants' research is compared to which novel?
2. In chapter 6, Weiner compares evolution to the motion of which object?
3. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?
4. What type of finch is Number 3425?
5. What was the name of the boat by which the Grants traveled from island to island, as mentioned in Chapter 8?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do various species get from island to island in the Galapagos? Remember to include examples of both plants and animals.
2. Under what circumstances do finches drink nectar?
3. Explain the occurrence of natural selection that Dolph Schluter found in the sparrows.
4. Describe some of the unusual finch behaviors during the drought.
5. Explain Weiner's assertion that "taxonomists can be classified into splitters and lumpers."
6. Describe the view from the peak of Daphne Major.
7. Discuss the likelihood that two species will hybridize and the probable outcomes of such a hybridization.
8. Describe Darwin's personal life after returning to England.
9. Compare and contrast the Grants' tools on Daphne Major and their tools at Princeton.
10. How did Darwin react to the finches while he was in the Galapagos and later while he was in England?
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