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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Beagle stop for three days at the Chonos Archipelago?
(a) because of sickness
(b) to replenish its supplies
(c) to look for crew members
(d) because of a storm

2. What does Darwin speculate about as he observes the snow melt percolating and loosening rocks?
(a) how the geology develops
(b) how minerals are formed
(c) how plants are introduced
(d) how rich ores are found

3. How are farms operated in Australia as Darwin rides through the countryside?
(a) with forced labor from convicted felons
(b) with the use of child labor
(c) by large families who do all the work
(d) by large numbers of horseback managers

4. Where does Darwin prepare to cross the Andes Mountains through the Portillo pass?
(a) at Valparaiso
(b) at Bogota
(c) at Lima
(d) at Santiago

5. Where is the Beagle after passing through the Strait of Magellan?
(a) the mouth of an unnamed river
(b) the Antarctic Sea
(c) headed toward New Zealand
(d) the relatively calm Pacific Ocean

Short Answer Questions

1. What impresses Darwin about the Tahitians?

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

3. What feeds the inhabitants' pigs and a large kind of crab on Keeling Island?

4. What does Darwin see that is the size of a rabbit but looks like a kangaroo?

5. What is the strange phenomenon Darwin sees at the mountain summit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Darwin describe the countryside coming down off the Blue Mountain plateau?

2. What are conditions like at the copper mines of Jajuel?

3. Describe Darwin's disappointment at the saltpeter mine.

4. How does Darwin sum up his voyage at its end?

5. Explain Darwin's observations in the Galapagos that will later influence his scientific theories.

6. What evidence does Darwin find that sea beds are raised by nature to great heights?

7. How does Darwin describe the dress of the Chilean miner?

8. What comment does Darwin make about slavery in Australia?

9. Relate what Darwin finds at Chatham Island in the Galapagos archipelago.

10. Tell what Darwin sees back off the coast of Chile and how he assesses the sight.

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