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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Castello Aragonese located?
(a) 18 miles west of Naples.
(b) 5 miles west of Sorrento.
(c) 18 miles east of Naples.
(d) 8 miles west of Sorrento.

3. At the time the author wrote Chapter 5, what was the current theory for the end-Ordovician extinction?
(a) Asteroid impact.
(b) Glaciation.
(c) Volcanic explosions.
(d) Flood.

4. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1978.
(c) Early 1970s.
(d) Late 1970s.

5. From a single species of tree, how many species of beetles had entomologist Terry Erwin collected?
(a) 950.
(b) 789.
(c) 814.
(d) 1,045.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many auk beaks were found in an ancient grave in Canada?

2. Where was Dob's Linn located?

3. When did Europeans begin making regular voyages to Newfoundland?

4. In the northeastern United States, which bats were the first to go into hibernation?

5. How many miles separated Galapagos from the coast of South America?

(see the answer key)

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