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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who draws a chart at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Martin Taylor.
(b) Trevor Price.
(c) Peter Boag and Laurene Ratcliffe.
(d) Peter and Rosemary.

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

3. Who argued against the principle of divergence using the phrase "the Ghost of Competition Past"?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Joseph Connell.
(c) David Lack.
(d) Darwin.

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

5. What was the name of Darwin's grandfather?
(a) Martin.
(b) Erasmus.
(c) Anselm.
(d) Augustine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species of Cichlid live in Lake Victoria?

2. How many sparrows survived the first population crash that Jamie Smith studied?

3. Who analyzed the finch data from the 1970s using partial regression analysis?

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

5. Who devised the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker?

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