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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darwin see as the disadvantages such as monetary inflation and a sense of personal anonymity in Sydney?
(a) the effects of rapid growth
(b) an ineffective government
(c) its distance from Europe
(d) the number of criminals there

2. Exploring the Chiloe eastern coastline, what does Darwin observe?
(a) strange granite boulders in the sea
(b) the nearly extinct dodo bird
(c) albatros nests
(d) the volcano Orsono

3. What does Darwin see on the way to a saltpeter mine?
(a) vultures
(b) wild cattle
(c) llamas
(d) Iguanas

4. Where does Darwin find mostly desert with a few mines of low quality here and there?
(a) the coastal part of Chile
(b) the northern part of Chile
(c) the central part of Chile
(d) the eastern part of Chile

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

6. Who are the unusually tall people compared to other natives of the area?
(a) the Incas
(b) the Argentinians
(c) the Patagonians
(d) the Tierrans

7. What causes massive destruction and takes many lives at Valdavia?
(a) landslides off the mountains
(b) the eruption of several volcanoes
(c) a cyclone
(d) huge tsunamis

8. How does Darwin compare the natives of New Zealand to the Tahitians?
(a) more warlike and unpleasant company
(b) about the same
(c) better educated and more peaceful
(d) shorter and less attractive

9. What notable landmark does Darwin see on St. Helen's Island?
(a) Cleopatra's villa
(b) the statue of the Little Mermaid
(c) Napoleon's tomb
(d) the Lighthouse of the Ancient Mariner

10. What does Darwin observe along the rivers of the Andes?
(a) the poverty of the people
(b) the color of the water
(c) the calmness of the water
(d) the richness of mineral resources

11. What unusual thing exists on another island some miles away from Keeling Island?
(a) strange monoliths
(b) deciduous trees
(c) fresh water wells
(d) hot spring geysers

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

13. Arriving in Matavai Bay, what do they see coming toward the Beagle?
(a) Tahitians swimming out to greet them
(b) floating logs from a recent tsunami
(c) schools of porpoises
(d) many canoes launching from Tahiti

14. What is it in which a large wooden spoon seems to dance to the rhythm of the music being played?
(a) a war dance put on to frighten the Beagle crew
(b) a superstitious play put on by the natives
(c) a wedding ceremony
(d) an entertainment for children

15. How does Darwin describe the water at the lagoon?
(a) canary yellow
(b) almost white
(c) light blue
(d) deep green

Short Answer Questions

1. What do reddish brown clouds turn out to be?

2. What is at the center of the atoll called Keeling Island?

3. Where does the Beagle head after New Zealand?

4. Why do Darwin and Mariano Gonzales take ten pack mules on the trek across the Andes?

5. What has meant giving up his usual social circles and going off into unknown territories to meet unforeseen hardships?

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