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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. What is the stormy place the Beagle visits where the people raise pigs and potatoes and catch fish?
(a) the island of Santiago
(b) the island of Chiloe
(c) the Isle of Man
(d) the Virgin Islands

2. 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

3. What is Darwin's assessment of New Zealand?
(a) It is a paradise.
(b) It is not a pleasant place.
(c) It is too isolated.
(d) It is not diverse.

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

5. What does Darwin write about the Chilean miners?
(a) They get paid large salaries.
(b) They are allowed to keep part of what they mine.
(c) They spend all their money on drink and clothes.
(d) They work long hours and enjoy life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin discover on the way back to Chile by way of the Uspallata pass north of Mendoza?

2. Arriving in Matavai Bay, what do they see coming toward the Beagle?

3. To what does Darwin compare the convict slave laborers in Australia?

4. What impresses Darwin about the Tahitians?

5. Headed back towards Chiloe, what does Darwin observe at night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the things Darwin notices at Keeling Island?

4. Summarize Darwin's classification of coral reefs.

5. Explain what Darwin sees at Concepcion and why the houses are still standing.

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

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

8. Tell what Darwin thinks and observes about the rivers in the Andes Mountains.

9. Explain Darwin's impression of the geology of New Zealand.

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

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