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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 people carry the bacteria that causes tuberculosis?
(a) 1 in 9.
(b) 1 in 6.
(c) 1 in 4.
(d) 1 in 3.

2. Which scientist is mentioned in Chapter 14 as strongly advocating the need for measurement in science?
(a) Lord Kelvin.
(b) Marie Curie.
(c) Blaise Pascal.
(d) Louis Pasteur.

3. What is the name of the Charles Darwin Research Station's journal?
(a) Darwin Daily.
(b) Imprimatur Evolutionii.
(c) Noticias de Galapagos.
(d) Noticias del Mar.

4. What part of the human is comparable to the finch's beak, according to Weiner?
(a) The mind.
(b) The digestive tract.
(c) The hand.
(d) The eye.

5. In chapter 16, Weiner compares evolutionists to characters in which classic story?
(a) Gulliver's Travels.
(b) Donnie Darko.
(c) Frankenstein.
(d) A Christmas Carol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does the Hawaiian Drosophila Project study?

2. Which plant has dominated Daphne Major since the flood?

3. Which animal did Lewontin and Birch study?

4. On what drenched island near the equator do finches live, as mentioned in Chapter 19?

5. Which Babylonian king "saw the writing on the wall"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Choose one example from the text regarding how humans affect other species, and explain it.

2. Explain the humor that the Grants find in the painting Science Is Measurement.

3. Why do plants hybridize rather readily?

4. Describe the act of "speciation" in the haw flies.

5. Summarize Weiner's hypothesis on the physical aspect of human consciousness.

6. What did Lewontin and Birch discover about the Dacus tryoni?

7. Describe how Biston betularia changed color and why it is changing back.

8. Explain how ocean currents affect the Galapagos Islands.

9. Describe Dolph Schluter's experiment in British Columbia.

10. Describe the place in which the Grants keep finch blood samples.

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