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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Orchid Fever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Charles Darwin's work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology?
(a) We Are All Chimps.
(b) Chimp and Human Evolution.
(c) On the Origin of Species.
(d) My Evolutionary Argument.

2. John Laroche is introduced as being an eccentric person who is tall, skinny and handsome despite what?
(a) Missing his front teeth.
(b) Missing eight fingers.
(c) Missing his left arm.
(d) Missing an ear.

3. What refers to a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales?
(a) Boryaceae.
(b) Orchidaceae.
(c) Asteliaceae.
(d) Iridaceae.

4. What refers to a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water?
(a) Swamp.
(b) Tundra.
(c) Bog.
(d) Fen.

5. The Fakahatchee Strand is 25 miles south of where?
(a) Orlando, Florida.
(b) Jacksonville, Florida.
(c) Gainesville, Florida.
(d) Naples, Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hurricane Andrew hit the U.S. coast?

2. What refers to a trait that is shared by two or more taxa and their most recent common ancestor, whose ancestor in turn does not possess the trait?

3. Hollywood, Florida is just south of what city?

4. What park ranger did Susan meet in A Green Hell?

5. Studies at what university encouraged Charles Darwin's passion for natural science?

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