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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. From what bird do the vampire finches drink blood?

2. What does Weiner compare to the "flaming sword at the gates of Eden"?

3. According to chapter 9, what percentage of the birds on Darwin's property were killed in the cold weather?

4. Who created the concept of the "darwin"?

5. How many species of finch live in the Galapagos Islands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the "most miserable piece of data" Peter Boag ever gathered? Explain.

2. Describe the Grants' filing system at Princeton.

3. Why did Trevor Price wait so impatiently for rain, and how did he respond when it continued not to come?

4. What difference did Darwin see among the barnacles, and how did he react?

5. Describe some of the unusual finch behaviors during the drought.

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

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

8. How did Darwin react to the finches while he was in the Galapagos and later while he was in England?

9. Explain Darwin's "eureka" from Chapter 10.

10. Describe what Peter Boag and Laurene Ratcliffe did on Daphne Major while waiting for rain.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of human consciousness in current evolutionary studies.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Weiner's use of conceit (extended metaphor) and its significance in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance of evolutionary science in the development of antibiotics.

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