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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which famous writer went to Christ's College before Darwin?
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) Daniel Defoe.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) John Milton.

2. What part of the finch is the tarsus?
(a) Beak.
(b) Wing.
(c) Leg.
(d) Neck.

3. Where does Jamie Smith study sparrows?
(a) England.
(b) British Columbia.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Patagonia.

4. Where did Peter Grant pursue his undergraduate degree?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) New York University.
(d) Cambridge University.

5. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?
(a) Lisle Gibbs.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) Peter Grant.
(d) Ian Abbott.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname by which Peter calls the finch in Chapter 1?

2. What animal does Weiner describe as having "the body plan of a volcano"?

3. To which of the researchers' objects are finches always attracted?

4. How much rain has fallen on the island in the past forty-four months?

5. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?

(see the answer key)

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