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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 did Cuvier give the "mastodonte" its name in a paper he published?
(a) 1801.
(b) 1806.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1796.

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

3. What town about 100 miles north of Rome, might be described as a municipal fossil?
(a) Mengara.
(b) Gubbio.
(c) Monte Corona.
(d) Padule.

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

5. In Chapter I, where was a volcanic crater located that is mentioned by the author?
(a) Panama.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Honduras.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was it difficult to avoid stepping on frogs in Sierra Nevada?

2. When was the Alvarezes' paper "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" published?

3. Where did evolution emerge as a concept?

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

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

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