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

2. How long were auk eggs?
(a) 6 inches.
(b) 4 inches.
(c) About 5 inches.
(d) About 3 inches.

3. Who first proposed that there had been five great mass extinctions during the history of life on Earth?
(a) Smythe and Brandenburg.
(b) Wake and Vredenburg.
(c) Roberts and Whitman.
(d) Andrews and Pierson.

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

5. How wide was a volcanic crater mentioned by the author in Chapter I?
(a) Nearly 5 feet.
(b) Almost 4 feet.
(c) 2 feet.
(d) 3 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What size was a skeleton discovered west of Buenos Aires?

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

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

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

5. Worldwide, how many amphibians species had been identified?

(see the answer key)

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