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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. What is the nickname by which Peter calls the finch in Chapter 1?
(a) Trouble.
(b) Famous Bird.
(c) Cheeky.
(d) Oolong Oolong.

2. What does Weiner compare to the "flaming sword at the gates of Eden"?
(a) Natural selection.
(b) Sexual selection.
(c) The principle of divergence.
(d) El Niño.

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

4. Which weed does Chapter 4 discuss in detail?
(a) Lemon grass.
(b) Caltrop.
(c) Thistle.
(d) Dandelion.

5. In Chapter 5, to which mythical figure does Weiner compare the finches?
(a) Icharus.
(b) Medusa.
(c) Sisyphus.
(d) The Sirens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of fish is discussed at length in Chapter 6?

2. What normally causes the finches not to eat Chamaesyce?

3. What animal does the Hawaiian Drosophila Project study?

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

5. In what year was the Charles Darwin Research Station founded?

(see the answer key)

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