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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of bird suffered on Genovesa during the rains of 1982-83?

2. How many eggs did the best-breeding finch lay in the rainy season?

3. From how far away do the Grants take photographs of the finches for their research?

4. Which animal did the evolutionist David Lack not consider when formulating his ideas, as mentioned in Chapter 4?

5. Who analyzed the finch data from the 1970s using partial regression analysis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Weiner's assertion that "taxonomists can be classified into splitters and lumpers."

2. Explain Darwin's "eureka" from Chapter 10.

3. Summarize Endler's guppy experiments.

4. Explain the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker.

5. Describe a typical workday for the Grants on Daphne Major.

6. Compare and contrast evolution as seen through the fossil record and as observed in real time.

7. Discuss the likelihood that two species will hybridize and the probable outcomes of such a hybridization.

8. Explain the significance of the Tribulus seed for Darwin's finches.

9. Describe the Grants' filing system at Princeton.

10. Compare and contrast the Grants' tools on Daphne Major and their tools at Princeton.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe two settings that you find within the book, and compare and contrast them.

Essay Topic 2

Defend or confront the presence of anthropomorphism in the book. Is it appropriate in a scientific work? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance of evolutionary science in the development of antibiotics.

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