View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Darwin describe the water at the lagoon?

2. What happens at Valdivia?

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

4. What are the Kauai pine?

5. What theory of Darwin's after observing the atolls is still considered valid today?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What route does Darwin take back to Chile and what he discovers on the way.

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

5. Tell about the runaway sailors at the Chonos Archipelago.

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

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

8. Summarize Darwin's classification of coral reefs.

9. Tell what has transpired on the trip from the Galapagos to Tahiti.

10. Explain what Darwin observes after landing at Hobart Town on the island of Tasmania.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing Darwin's idea that a tribe needs a strong leader to survive. Refer to his description of the Fuegian people found in Chapter 10. In your essay state whether you agree with Darwin and why.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about how you see the character of Charles Darwin from what he writes in his journal. Find illustrations to describe him as a person, his sensibilities, and his spirit of adventure. In your essay discuss how his public image as a man who challenges established religion is different from the way he actually is.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about how scientific knowledge has grown since Darwin (1809-1882) went on the voyage of the Beagle. Discuss how modern scientific methods and equipment enable us to see things Darwin could not see with his naked eye or under his microscope. Speculate on how much more Darwin might have found in areas that were of little interest to him on his trip if he had had access to more modern equipment.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 842 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample