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

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

3. In chapter 16, Weiner compares evolutionists to characters in which classic story?

4. Whom did Darwin commission to breed unusual combinations of pigeons?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Gayle Davies' experience with the finches.

2. Explain the Drosophila experiment and its significance.

3. Answer Weiner's question, "Why are there so many kinds of animals?"

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

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

6. Explain how ocean currents affect the Galapagos Islands.

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss the significance of the watch and the watchmaker in Darwin's mental development and in the development of evolutionary thought.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the personality and work of Rosemary Grant, and compare and contrast her with another person in the book.

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