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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which classic work of literature did Darwin take with him on his trip to the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Candide.
(c) The Divine Comedy.
(d) Paradise Lost.

2. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?
(a) London.
(b) Canada.
(c) The Lake District.
(d) Paris.

3. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?
(a) Fish.
(b) Berries.
(c) Greens.
(d) Tortoise.

4. How many species of finch live in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

5. In what book does Darwin discuss "sexual selection"?
(a) Journals and Remarks.
(b) The Descent of Man.
(c) Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle.
(d) The Origin of Species.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, to which mythical figure does Weiner compare the finches?

2. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?

3. Where did John Endler build his experimental ponds?

4. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?

5. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 6?

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