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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Charles Darwin when he was invited to serve as a sort of gentleman's companion to the captain of the HMS "Beagle"?
(a) 19.
(b) 22.
(c) 21.
(d) 20.

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

3. What cyclone added a ridge on One Tree Island in March 2009?
(a) Arlene.
(b) Rina.
(c) Jose.
(d) Hamish.

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

5. When a second set of mastodon bones were found, where we they sent?
(a) Berne.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long did the uniformitarian account of extinction hold up?

4. Where did golden frogs lay their eggs?

5. When an Australian researcher broke apart a volleyball-sized chunk of coral, how many polychaete worms did he find?

(see the answer key)

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