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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. How many mating songs does each species of finch have?

2. Chapter 17 showcases the evolution of which mammal?

3. What does the Latin word "specere" mean?

4. How many species of Cichlid live in Lake Victoria?

5. When did the ancestors of humans start to walk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the humor that the Grants find in the painting Science Is Measurement.

2. Why do plants hybridize rather readily?

3. Explain the Drosophila experiment and its significance.

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

5. Summarize Gayle Davies' experience with the finches.

6. Describe how Biston betularia changed color and why it is changing back.

7. Explain how bacteria build up resistance to antibiotics.

8. What significance did Hermon Carey Bumpus discover in the sparrows' deaths? What significance did Peter Grant see?

9. Choose one example from the text regarding how humans affect other species, and explain it.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of human consciousness in current evolutionary studies.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Darwin's personality and contributions to science.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Weiner's use of conceit (extended metaphor) and its significance in the book.

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