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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of bird is the Crossbill?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Finch.
(d) Woodpecker.

2. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?
(a) Walnuts.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Pistachios.
(d) Twinkies.

3. Who developed the "principle of divergence"?
(a) Trevor Price.
(b) Carolus Linnaeus.
(c) David Lack.
(d) Darwin.

4. What type of bird suffered on Genovesa during the rains of 1982-83?
(a) Finch.
(b) Booby.
(c) Bluebird.
(d) Mockingbird.

5. What normally causes the finches not to eat Chamaesyce?
(a) Its thorns.
(b) Its furry exterior.
(c) Its latex substance.
(d) Its hardness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the iguanas in the Galapagos eat?

2. Who argued against the principle of divergence using the phrase "the Ghost of Competition Past"?

3. How many times did the Croton trees bloom in the rains of 1982-83?

4. What do Crossbills eat?

5. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?

(see the answer key)

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