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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the people show hospitality and allow Darwin to stay at various outposts and ranches?
(a) Galapogas
(b) Paraguay
(c) Uruguay
(d) Peru

2. Sailing away from Rio de Janeiro, what does Darwin see?
(a) hundreds of porpoises
(b) a pod of whales
(c) shark infested waters
(d) giant squid

3. What does Darwin observe that is formed by lightning hitting the hills and traversing through the sand?
(a) silicone balls
(b) veins of gold
(c) glass tubes
(d) black glass

4. How does Darwin describe Gen. Rosas?
(a) as a fat, jolly man who loves to talk
(b) as a masterful horseman who dresses like the gauchos
(c) as a disturbed man who wants to be in Buenos Aires
(d) as a tall thin man who does not wear his uniform well

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Darwin find in small herds after arriving at Port Desire?

2. How does Darwin end up bringing his own horse down?

3. What animal is a scavenger for hard objects it piles at the entrance to its burrows?

4. On the way after Monte Video, what surrounds the Beagle?

5. Where do seals and penguins surround the ship and make noises that resemble cattle?

(see the answer key)

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