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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As of the time of Rosemary's interview in Chapter 8, how many finches were not banded on Daphne Major?
(a) 12.
(b) 20.
(c) 1.
(d) 100.

3. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?
(a) Sparrows.
(b) Mockingbirds.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Swallows.

4. Who analyzed the finch data from the 1970s using partial regression analysis?
(a) Rosemary Grant.
(b) Ian Abbott.
(c) Peter Boag.
(d) Trevor Price.

5. Who devised the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker?
(a) Darwin.
(b) William Paley.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Joseph Hooker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what university did the drosophilists discussed in Chapter 12 work?

3. How many genera of plants did Darwin's friend find in a "small fallow field in Kent"?

4. Which animal did one finch attack during the dry year?

5. What is the painting called that Henry Stacy Marks created?

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