The Beak of the Finch Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Jonathan Weiner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Beak of the Finch Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Jonathan Weiner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal did Lewontin and Birch study?
(a) Fruit fly.
(b) Shark.
(c) Mosquito.
(d) Goldfish.

2. What animal does Scott Carroll study?
(a) The tsetse fly.
(b) The water buffalo.
(c) The soapberry bug.
(d) The English bulldog.

3. For what university did the drosophilists discussed in Chapter 12 work?
(a) New York University.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Rockefeller University.

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

5. How many species of finch live in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of animal was the Eohippus (or the Hyracotherium)?

2. Where do the Grants work in the United States?

3. What is the name of the Charles Darwin Research Station's journal?

4. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?

5. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?

(see the answer key)

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