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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III-IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did golden frogs lay their eggs?
(a) Sand dunes.
(b) Shallow running water.
(c) Shallow caves near creeks.
(d) River banks.

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

3. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) York.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the HMS "Beagle" make its first stop?

2. When was the breeding season for auks?

3. When the Alvarezes published their hypothesis, how many sites did they know of where the iridium layer was exposed?

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

5. How long a line did Armannsson use when he fished for cod?

(see the answer key)

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