DarwinTestTwo

Charles R. Darwin Self-Test Two


1 Much of the eighteenth century is often referred to as the Enlightenment or the Age of Enlightenment and the "Enlightenment" may be defined as a period when:
the use of reason in the pursuit of truth was preminent.
respect for differing views was important.
a tendency towards critical enquiry was vital.
all-of-the-above.
2 Charles R. Darwin attended classes at _______, called '"the northern Athens" because, like the Athens of ancient Greece, it was a cosmopolitan center of learning.
Oxford University
Shrewsbury Medical College
Cambridg College
Edinburgh University
3 In Origin, Darwin's theory neatly summed up a view of the natural world that did not privilege any living thing over another and he utilized data dealing with:
pigeons.
dogs and elephants.
local crops.
all-of-the-above!
4 After Darwin's circumnavigation of the globe on HMS Beagle, he returned to England and eventually married his cousin Ms. Emma Wedgwood (1808-1892). Emma eventually gave birth to:
five children.
seven children.
ten children.
sorry: Mr. & Mrs. Charles Darwin adopted all of their children!
5 The first edition of Darwin's celebrated Origin was published, we all know, in 1859. The sixth and final edition appeared in:
1866.
1872
1882.
1895.
6 Darwin wrote that "I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection, in order to mark its relation to man's power of selection. But the expression often used by________, of the Survival of theFittest, is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient." [Chapter III: "Recapitulation And Conclusion"]
Edward Burnett Tylor
Lord Lubbock
Herbert Spencer
George Elliot
7 The celebrated phrase, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going the other way" was written by:
Charles R. Darwin in The Origin of Species.
Charles R. Darwin in The Descent of Man.
Herbert Spencer in The Principles of Sociology.
Charles Dickens in The Tale of Two Cities.
8 Darwin wrote that "when thus reflecting I feel compelled to look to a First Cause having an intelligent mind in some degree analogous to that of man … I cannot pretend to throw the least light on such abstruse problems. The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain _____."
Charles R. Darwin in The Origin of Species.
Charles R. Darwin in The Descent of Man.
Herbert Spencer in The Principles of Sociology.
Charles Dickens in The Tale of Two Cities.
9 The Principles of Geology (which Darwin read on board HMS Beagle) was about "seeing" (according to Darwin). In it, theology, political economy and the philosophy of perception were united with natural history, anthropology, geography and travel. Principles was written by:
Robert Chambers.
Joseph Hooker.
James Secord.
Charles Lyell.
10 Darwin's phrase "There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved" appears in:
the first edition of Origin, published in 1859.
the second edition of Origin, published in 1860.
the Descent of Man, And Selection in Relation to Sex (published in 1871).
all of the works of Stephen J. Gould.
11 The statement that "Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control" was made by Charles R. Darwin.
TRUE
FALSE
12 "The unit of survival is organism plus environment. We are learning by bitter experience that the organism which destroys its environment destroys itself" was a statement made by Charles R. Darwin.
TRUE
FALSE
13 According to the noted British geneticist John Maynard Smith, Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould is 'a man whose ideas are so confused as to be hardly worth bothering with.'
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FALSE
14 Jonathan Weiner wrote the 1994 book entitled The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time.
TRUE
FALSE
15 In 1959 Charles P. Snow (1905-1980) published The Two Cultures and The Scientific Revolution.
TRUE
FALSE
16 On May 1, 1851, the Prince Consort Albert (1819-1861) made the inaugural address at the opening of the "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations."
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FALSE
17 Anne Elizabeth Darwin, the second child of Charles and Emma Darwin was born on March 2, 1841 and died in April of 1851.
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FALSE
18 Sir Joseph D. Hooker (1817-1911) wrote Darwin's "Obituary" for Nature magazine (April 1882).
TRUE
FALSE
19 Did you know that Charles Darwin became a Christian before he died? It's true. I read about it once in a book--or was it a magazine. I forget. Anyway....
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FALSE
20 Charles Darwin wrote that "False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness: and when this is done, one path towards error is closed and the road to truth is often at the same time opened."
TRUE
FALSE