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

2. What is the name of the librarian of the Charles Darwin Research Station?
(a) Gayle Davies.
(b) Ginger Jones.
(c) Doris Jackson.
(d) Dorothy Sayers.

3. What type of bird is the Crossbill?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Woodpecker.
(c) Finch.
(d) Sparrow.

4. Who draws a chart at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Trevor Price.
(b) Peter and Rosemary.
(c) Peter Boag and Laurene Ratcliffe.
(d) Martin Taylor.

5. According to Ernst Mayr, what animal has "specialized in despecialization"?
(a) Humans.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Finches.
(d) Giant pandas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which animal did Lewontin and Birch study?

2. How long did it take flies to develop resistance to the "resistance-proof" pesticides introduced in 1967?

3. What does an old woman in Puerto Ayora eat to avenge herself against the finches?

4. Who made the statement about Cleopatra's nose that is quoted in Chapter 11?

5. On which island do humans not normally live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect do the finches have on cactus flowers?

2. Why do plants hybridize rather readily?

3. What significance did Hermon Carey Bumpus discover in the sparrows' deaths? What significance did Peter Grant see?

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

5. Describe the two shorelines that Weiner discusses in Chapter 11.

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

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

8. Describe what Martin Taylor does with the moth samples he receives.

9. Summarize Gayle Davies' experience with the finches.

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

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