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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. How many species of Cichlid live in Lake Victoria?

2. What book is quoted at the beginning of Chapter 15?

3. In what month do cacti on Daphne Major start to bloom?

4. What is the name of the librarian of the Charles Darwin Research Station?

5. Who is studying the Sticklebacks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

7. Summarize Gayle Davies' experience with the finches.

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

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

10. Explain the humor that the Grants find in the painting Science Is Measurement.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe Darwin's personality and contributions to science.

Essay Topic 3

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

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