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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which weed does Chapter 4 discuss in detail?

2. How many eggs did the best-breeding finch lay in the rainy season?

3. What is the nickname by which Peter calls the finch in Chapter 1?

4. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?

5. On which island in the Galapagos archipelago did Darwin land first?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Endler's guppy experiments.

2. How do various species get from island to island in the Galapagos? Remember to include examples of both plants and animals.

3. Compare the beaks of Jamie Smith's sparrows with the beaks of the finches.

4. Describe the Grants' filing system at Princeton.

5. What did Lack discover about the finches, and how was it significant?

6. Explain the significance about the year 1983 as described in Chapter 8.

7. What was Darwin's seed experiment that is discussed in Chapter 9, and how did he carry it out?

8. Summarize the arguments of some of the biologists' early opposition to the theory of evolution.

9. Describe the view from the peak of Daphne Major.

10. Explain the significance of the Tribulus seed for Darwin's finches.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Grants' tools on Daphne Major and at Princeton.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of Darwin's Sandwalk as a symbol in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of human consciousness in current evolutionary studies.

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