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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XI-XIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog first identified?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2010.

2. In the BDFFP's study plots, how many species of trees have been identified?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 1,600.
(c) 1,300.
(d) 1,400.

3. What type of crystals did Zalasiewicz's colleagues hope to find at Dob's Linn?
(a) Apatite.
(b) Fluorite.
(c) Zircon.
(d) Quartz

4. When Europeans first landed on an island in Newfoundland, how many auk was it estimated were there?
(a) 10,000 pairs.
(b) 75,000 pairs.
(c) About 50,000 pairs.
(d) As many as 100,000 pairs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a nearly complete Neanderthal skeleton found in a cave in southern France?

2. When a second set of mastodon bones were found, where we they sent?

3. How much Neanderthal DNA did all non-Africans carry according to Paabo?

4. In the late 1980s, where did an American herpetologist go and find only one single male golden toad?

5. What was the modern day name for the island where explorers once found auks?

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