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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 was Dob's Linn located?
(a) Wales.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Northern Britain.
(d) Ireland.

2. What was the modern day name for the island where explorers once found auks?
(a) Funk Island.
(b) Byrd Island.
(c) Penguin Island.
(d) Fowl Island.

3. From what country were Norway rats from?
(a) Norway.
(b) China.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Japan.

4. How long did the uniformitarian account of extinction hold up?
(a) 115 years.
(b) 75 years.
(c) More than a century.
(d) About 50 years.

5. According to an old ballad, who was pushed over a precipice at Dob's Linn?
(a) A small boy.
(b) Devil.
(c) A false lover.
(d) Shepherd.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Darwin when the voyage on the HMS "Beagle" ended?

3. Where was Walter Alvarez's father a physicist?

4. What town about 100 miles north of Rome, might be described as a municipal fossil?

5. How many species of birds were estimated to live in the entire world?

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