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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. In the first paragraph of Chapter 11, Darwin is discussing the hybridization of which animal?
(a) Fox.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Pigeon.

2. What do the iguanas in the Galapagos eat?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Croton seeds.
(c) Finches.
(d) Insects.

3. In how many portfolios did Charles Darwin store his field notes?
(a) 12.
(b) 30-40.
(c) 75-80.
(d) 22.

4. Chapter 8 mentions that Peter has to deliver a lecture in which country?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Greece.
(c) England.
(d) France.

5. Who, when observing Darwin's finches in museums, noticed the many differences in the birds' beaks?
(a) Osbert Salvin.
(b) David Lack.
(c) William Paley.
(d) Percy R. Lowe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?

3. What Galapagos island is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 1?

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

5. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?

(see the answer key)

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