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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Darwin encounter in the village of Las Minas?
(a) the Incas
(b) the gauchos
(c) some bandits
(d) the military

2. Where do seals and penguins surround the ship and make noises that resemble cattle?
(a) headed north from Rio de Janeiro
(b) off the coast of Antarctica
(c) the Plata estuary
(d) just of the coast from Rio de Janeiro

3. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?
(a) listen to stories about native religion
(b) catch up on entries in his journal
(c) classify the various fish caught in the Colorado
(d) little else but observe the natives

4. What is the composition of most of the rock formations on the Brazilian coast?
(a) granite
(b) limestone
(c) iron
(d) marble

5. What is Darwin's profession?
(a) a 19th century chemist
(b) a 19th century naturalist
(c) a 19th century map maker
(d) a 19th century ship's captain

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Darwin describe Gen. Rosas?

2. Who does Darwin accompany while exploring around Botofogo Bay?

3. What marine creature does Darwin discover off of St. Domingo that he keeps in his cabin?

4. What do Darwin and his companions find at the Colorado River?

5. What does the man think Darwin is going to do?

(see the answer key)

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