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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Darwin end up bringing his own horse down?
(a) jumping over a cactus
(b) trying to lasso a steer
(c) climbing up a ravine
(d) attempting to use a bola

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

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

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

5. What does Darwin find in the Santa Fe area?
(a) evidence of dinosaurs
(b) fossilized crustations from an inland sea
(c) tar pits and mammoth tracks
(d) the shell of a gigantic armadillo and a fossilized horse tooth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do the people show hospitality and allow Darwin to stay at various outposts and ranches?

3. What does Darwin find in relationship to his interest in plants and animals?

4. Why must they stop regularly while ascending Peuquenes ridge?

5. What do the gauchos prepare for a meal on the island?

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