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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. What is the painting called that Henry Stacy Marks created?

2. What color was the moth Biston betularia in the early 1800s?

3. On which island do humans not normally live?

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

5. What does an old woman in Puerto Ayora eat to avenge herself against the finches?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the place in which the Grants keep finch blood samples.

2. Explain the Drosophila experiment and its significance.

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

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

5. Summarize Gayle Davies' experience with the finches.

6. Explain how bacteria build up resistance to antibiotics.

7. Explain how ocean currents affect the Galapagos Islands.

8. Describe how Biston betularia changed color and why it is changing back.

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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Weiner's use of description in the scene of the freezer that contains the finches' blood samples.

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