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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was the La Loma robber frog?
(a) Reddish blue.
(b) Orangey-red.
(c) Green and black.
(d) Brownish-orange.

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

3. Where did evolution emerge as a concept?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

4. How many hooks would Armannsson have on his line when he fished for cod?
(a) 350.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 450.

5. Where did Charles Lyell grow up?
(a) South of England.
(b) North of England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Scotland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species of gastric-brooding frogs went extinct recently?

2. When were the golden-frogs in Sante Fe, effectively wiped out?

3. When did students begin returning from trips to Sierra Nevada empty-handed?

4. When was the last auk killed?

5. When did Cuvier give the "mastodonte" its name in a paper he published?

(see the answer key)

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