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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disturbs Darwin about the corn harvest in the area?
(a) the convict slave labor
(b) the color of the corn
(c) the poor quality of the corn
(d) the way it is harvested

2. Where does Darwin spend the night after descending the Blue Mountain plateau?
(a) at a sheep ranch
(b) at a modern inn
(c) at a mission
(d) at a cotton plantation

3. Where does the Beagle head after New Zealand?
(a) the Philippines
(b) Indonesia
(c) Malaysia
(d) Sydney, Australia

4. What does Darwin see that is the size of a rabbit but looks like a kangaroo?
(a) a jack rabbit
(b) a jackalope
(c) a kangaroo cat
(d) a kangaroo rat

5. What provides Darwin with more evidence of the relationships between volcanic activity and earthquakes?
(a) the destruction after the Valdivia earthquake
(b) the shape of the coast after the volcanoes erupt
(c) the temperature of the water after the tsunami
(d) the stories people tell about past disasters

6. What does Darwin say is too great and ambitious for affection, yet not great enough for respect?
(a) New Zealand
(b) Tahiti
(c) Australia
(d) Tasmania

7. What do reddish brown clouds turn out to be?
(a) a mirage
(b) a reflection of the setting sun
(c) a desert dust storm
(d) a destructive swarm of locusts

8. What does Darwin discover on the way back to Chile by way of the Uspallata pass north of Mendoza?
(a) quarts cliffs of many colors
(b) ruins of an ancient civilization
(c) silicified wood in the form of standing tree trunks
(d) hot springs where he stops to bathe

9. What does Darwin see at Chatham Island?
(a) huge tortoises weighing up to 200 pounds
(b) large pelicans along the coast
(c) thriving fishing villages
(d) rock dwelling monkeys

10. What theory about volcanic activity and earthquakes does Darwin form that is years ahead of his time?
(a) fissures run along the same direction as the earthquake fault line
(b) volcanic activity has nothing to do with earthquakes
(c) fault lines come from underwater volcanoes
(d) volcanoes create fault lines in the earth

11. What has Darwin observed on the 3,200 mile trip from the Galapagos?
(a) a maelstrom
(b) great white sharks circling the Beagle
(c) a blue whale mother and baby
(d) a formation of coral known as an atoll

12. How does Darwin get to the Blue Mountains?
(a) across the Nepean River in a ferry boat
(b) across the Australian desert
(c) in a buckboard wagon
(d) riding a camel

13. What social condition does Darwin argue against at the end of his book?
(a) war
(b) slavery
(c) poverty
(d) isolationism

14. What is located at the Bay of Valparaiso?
(a) the first of the southern islands
(b) Horsetail Falls
(c) the last Spanish trading post
(d) the primary Chilean seaport

15. What is the modern name of the large island off the eastern coast of Africa, known at the time Darwin was there as the Isle of France?
(a) Ceylon
(b) Mauritius
(c) Gibraltar
(d) Zanzibar

Short Answer Questions

1. On his second attempt, what is Capt. Fitz Roy able to navigate successfully?

2. On his way up the coast of Chile toward Copiapo, why does Darwin turn inland toward the mining area?

3. Exploring the Chiloe eastern coastline, what does Darwin observe?

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

5. After the miserable climate around Tierra del Fuego, what does Darwin enjoy about Chile?

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