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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. What do the iguanas in the Galapagos eat?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Croton seeds.
(c) Finches.
(d) Insects.
2. Who analyzed the finch data from the 1970s using partial regression analysis?
(a) Trevor Price.
(b) Peter Boag.
(c) Rosemary Grant.
(d) Ian Abbott.
3. In what state did Benjamin Walsh build his homestead?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) California.
(c) Illinois.
(d) West Virginia.
4. Who argued against the principle of divergence using the phrase "the Ghost of Competition Past"?
(a) David Lack.
(b) Joseph Connell.
(c) Peter Boag.
(d) Darwin.
5. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?
(a) Ferns.
(b) Sea cucumbers.
(c) Bracket fungi.
(d) Seals.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who wrote the book Natural Selection in the Wild?
2. As discussed in Chapter 4, which of the finches' traits did Peter Boag study for his thesis?
3. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?
4. Where do the Grants work in the United States?
5. Weiner compares the finches' hunt for seeds to which human food?
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