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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 type of computer does Rosemary use?
(a) Dell.
(b) Macintosh.
(c) Gateway.
(d) Hewlett Packard.
2. Which Babylonian king "saw the writing on the wall"?
(a) Nebuchadnezzar.
(b) Belshazzar.
(c) Xerxes.
(d) Cyrus.
3. How many people carry the bacteria that causes tuberculosis?
(a) 1 in 9.
(b) 1 in 4.
(c) 1 in 6.
(d) 1 in 3.
4. Where did Darwin pick up the second volume of Principles of Geology?
(a) Valparaíso.
(b) Montevideo.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Guayaquil.
5. According to Ernst Mayr, what animal has "specialized in despecialization"?
(a) Humans.
(b) Finches.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Giant pandas.
Short Answer Questions
1. In chapter 16, Weiner compares evolutionists to characters in which classic story?
2. In what state did Benjamin Walsh build his homestead?
3. In the first paragraph of Chapter 11, Darwin is discussing the hybridization of which animal?
4. What is the name of the mutant gene that helps flies resist DDT?
5. What is the name of the librarian of the Charles Darwin Research Station?
Short Essay Questions
1. What significance did Hermon Carey Bumpus discover in the sparrows' deaths? What significance did Peter Grant see?
2. What did Lewontin and Birch discover about the Dacus tryoni?
3. Choose one example from the text regarding how humans affect other species, and explain it.
4. Explain the Drosophila experiment and its significance.
5. Summarize Weiner's hypothesis on the physical aspect of human consciousness.
6. What is the significance of the finch's songs? Explain in detail.
7. Explain how ocean currents affect the Galapagos Islands.
8. What effect do the finches have on cactus flowers?
9. Explain the humor that the Grants find in the painting Science Is Measurement.
10. Answer Weiner's question, "Why are there so many kinds of animals?"
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