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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. Which Babylonian king "saw the writing on the wall"?
(a) Belshazzar.
(b) Cyrus.
(c) Nebuchadnezzar.
(d) Xerxes.

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

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

4. What is different from farm to farm in the Mississippi Delta?
(a) Wildflowers.
(b) Mosquito density.
(c) Crop circles.
(d) Birdsong.

5. From where does Martin Taylor collect his moth specimens?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) The Pacific Northwest.
(c) The East Coast.
(d) The Bible Belt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which scientist is mentioned in Chapter 14 as strongly advocating the need for measurement in science?

2. For what university did the drosophilists discussed in Chapter 12 work?

3. What plant did the botanist Edgar Anderson study in the Ozarks?

4. What does the Latin word "specere" mean?

5. Who wrote the book The Blind Watchmaker?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Darwin's spelling errors for modern science?

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

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

4. Explain how ocean currents affect the Galapagos Islands.

5. Summarize Gayle Davies' experience with the finches.

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

7. Explain how bacteria build up resistance to antibiotics.

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

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

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

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