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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 is an important occupation for the gauchos?

2. What does Darwin have to do for two days at the military encampment?

3. What animals had been introduced on East Falkland Island?

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

5. Where does Darwin stay at Socego?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Darwin encounter at Las Minas and how does he size them up?

2. What is Darwin given to eat at Tapalguen River?

3. Describe two species of birds Darwin locates after he finds the fossils.

4. In three days at Socego, where does Darwin find insects to collect?

5. How does Darwin react to the selling of children as slaves as opposed to what the soldiers and the settlers think about it.

6. What occurs in the Plata estuary?

7. How do the people of Uruguay receive Darwin and what does he notice there?

8. How does Darwin describe the behavior of the guanaco he finds at the ruins of an old Spanish settlement?

9. What does Darwin surmise about the geology of St. Jago?

10. What does Darwin have to say about the Brazilian rain forest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing the historical displacement of native peoples in both North and South America. Compare the revolutions and wars with the indigenous populations of each continent. In your essay speculate on how small groups of European settlers were able to take over the New World.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about returning home after a long journey or vacation. Define the feelings of being in familiar surroundings and sleeping in your own bed. Compare with Darwin's anxious desire to return to England after five years on the Beagle.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the gaucho with the North American cowboy. In the contrast be sure to include the gaucho's use of the bola. Give your opinion as to which of the two you find most interesting.

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