The Origin of Species Quizzes

The Origin of Species Quiz 1

By Joseph Ward · Last reviewed March 31, 2014

1 What is the name of the ship that carried Darwin on his voyage?

The Santa Maria.

The HMS Beagle.

The CSS Hunley.

The HMS Victory.
2 How long after returning from his voyage did he begin writing The Origin of Species?

5 years.

22 years.

A year.

Immediately.
3 How does Darwin deal with the vagueness of when a variety becomes differentiated to the point of becoming a species?

He ignores it.

He treats the difference an arbitrary line delineating degrees of variation.

He depends on genetics.

He acknowledges that it will be settled in the future.
4 What Book did Darwin carry with him on the HMS Beagle?

The Principals of Geology.

The Bible.

The Farmers Almanac.

The Origin of Species.
5 Who’s unpublished manuscript spurred Darwin to write The Origin of Species?

Mr. Wallace

Mr. Galleo

Mr. Einstein

Mr. Huxley
6 Darwin calls The Origin of Species an abstract for a future larger book. When does he write that book?

22 years later.

33 years later.

He does not.

10 years later.

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