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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 long did it take flies to develop resistance to the "resistance-proof" pesticides introduced in 1967?

2. How much rain fell in the driest year on Daphne Major?

3. How many times has the environment changed as rapidly as in the 20th century?

4. What is the name of the librarian of the Charles Darwin Research Station?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the place in which the Grants keep finch blood samples.

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

5. Explain the Drosophila experiment and its significance.

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

7. What did Lewontin and Birch discover about the Dacus tryoni?

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

9. Summarize Gayle Davies' experience with the finches.

10. Describe Dolph Schluter's experiment in British Columbia.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast two episodes of anthropomorphism in the book.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the watch and the watchmaker in Darwin's mental development and in the development of evolutionary thought.

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