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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin discover about fifteen miles from Patagones?
(a) a tar pit
(b) a sand dune mountain
(c) a salt lake
(d) a volcanic crater

2. Who invites Darwin to visit an estate near Rio de Janeiro?
(a) an English landowner
(b) a Brazilian general
(c) a wealthy Brazilian
(d) a French explorer

3. What are the two different styles Darwin uses in his journal?
(a) explorer and philosopher
(b) clergyman and scientist
(c) scientist and journalist
(d) biologist and engineer

4. What is one of the industries of the native population near the military post?
(a) making lazo, or lassos, for the gauchos
(b) weaving ponchos for gauchos
(c) trading horses they caught and trained
(d) making the round stones for the bolas

5. What is the sociological condition in Brazil that disturbs Darwin?
(a) poverty
(b) anarchy
(c) hegemony
(d) slavery

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the dates of Charles Darwin's life span?

2. Why is a tree Darwin comes across famous among the natives?

3. Who does Darwin encounter in the village of Las Minas?

4. What do the inhabitants of a ranch north of the Polanco River find interesting when Darwin arrives?

5. Where does Darwin travel with the company of a guide and five gauchos?

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