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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the HMS "Beagle" make its first stop?
(a) Tasmania.
(b) St. Jago.
(c) Mauritius.
(d) Argentina.

2. How long a line did Armannsson use when he fished for cod?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 10,000 feet.
(c) 1,000 feet.
(d) 6 miles.

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

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

5. In a cave in Vermont, how many bat corpses piled up on the ground after they were affected by "Geomyces destructans"?
(a) 350.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) 450.
(d) Thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species of primates could be found in the area of the BDFFP project?

2. How long had BR-174 been paved in Chapter 9?

3. On which edge of Castello Aragonese were the waters more or less unaffected by the vents?

4. From a single species of tree, how many species of beetles had entomologist Terry Erwin collected?

5. When the oceans emptied out, how many marine species were believed to have died off?

(see the answer key)

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