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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was the moth Biston betularia in the early 1800s?
(a) Bluish green.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) White.

2. What book is quoted at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) The Iliad.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Revelation.
(d) Daniel.

3. From where does Martin Taylor collect his moth specimens?
(a) The Bible Belt.
(b) The Midwest.
(c) The East Coast.
(d) The Pacific Northwest.

4. In chapter 15, Weiner discusses the growth of which microbe in a Petri dish?
(a) Salmonella.
(b) E. coli.
(c) Streptococcus.
(d) Ebola virus.

5. How much rain fell in the driest year on Daphne Major?
(a) 70 millimeters.
(b) None.
(c) 5 meters.
(d) 6 millimeters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears in Chapter 15 separating DNA in plastic bags?

2. Weiner states in Chapter 14 that the finches are like which work of art?

3. How many people carry the bacteria that causes tuberculosis?

4. What plant did the botanist Edgar Anderson study in the Ozarks?

5. Who wrote the book The Blind Watchmaker?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the Drosophila experiment and its significance.

2. Describe the two shorelines that Weiner discusses in Chapter 11.

3. Summarize Weiner's hypothesis on the physical aspect of human consciousness.

4. What is the significance of Darwin's spelling errors for modern science?

5. What is the significance of the finch's songs? Explain in detail.

6. What effect do the finches have on cactus flowers?

7. Describe the act of "speciation" in the haw flies.

8. Describe what Martin Taylor does with the moth samples he receives.

9. Explain how ocean currents affect the Galapagos Islands.

10. Why do plants hybridize rather readily?

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