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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III-IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were the first mastodon bones discovered that were subjected to scientific study?
(a) 1716.
(b) 1751.
(c) 1739.
(d) 1746.

2. Where did Darwin pick up volume two of Lyell's work?
(a) Galapagos Islands.
(b) Montevideo.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Chile.

3. How many auk beaks were found in an ancient grave in Canada?
(a) More than 100.
(b) About 50.
(c) 300.
(d) 150.

4. When Lyell's work was printed in a first run, how many copies were printed?
(a) 300.
(b) 45,000.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 1,600.

5. What tattoo did Edgardo Griffith have?
(a) Star.
(b) Dragon.
(c) Skull and crossbones.
(d) Toad skeleton.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog first identified?

2. How long were auk eggs?

3. How many eggs was it thought the great auk produced in a year?

4. What size was a skeleton discovered west of Buenos Aires?

5. In 1984, where were grains of shocked quartz found in a layer of clay?

(see the answer key)

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