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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were the golden-frogs in Sante Fe, effectively wiped out?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2002.

2. What type of frog can live in the Australian desert?
(a) Sandhill frog.
(b) Tree frogs.
(c) Wood frog.
(d) Spring peppers.

3. How long after the author read an article about the five great mass extinctions that had occurred on the earth did she book a plane to Panama?
(a) About a week.
(b) 6 days.
(c) Few days.
(d) 4 days.

4. When was the breeding season for auks?
(a) April and May.
(b) March.
(c) July.
(d) May and June.

5. 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) 21.
(b) 22.
(c) 20.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frogs lay their eggs?

2. According to Pascal Tassy, how many proboscidean species had been identified?

3. When Lyell spoke in Boston, how many people tried to get tickets?

4. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?

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

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