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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leaving Lima, where does the Beagle sail?
(a) Baja California
(b) Panama City
(c) back to Chile
(d) the Galapagos archipelago

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

3. After leaving Las Minas, what does Darwin see near marble outcroppings?
(a) kangaroos and wallabies
(b) giant land turtles
(c) pygmie hippopotamuses
(d) large flocks of ostriches roaming the land

4. What does Darwin compare to the taste of veal?
(a) lizard meat
(b) armadillo meat
(c) puma meat
(d) llama meat

5. What is an important occupation for the gauchos?
(a) breaking horses
(b) carrying the mail
(c) trapping pumas
(d) making whisky

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the different colored water Darwin sees after leaving Bahia?

2. Walking along a road cut through the landscape, what does Darwin reflect on?

3. How does Darwin attempt to communicate with a large black man on a ferry?

4. What is Capt. Fitz Roy's plan after anchoring at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River?

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

(see the answer key)

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