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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I-II.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Pascal Tassy, how many proboscidean species had been identified?
(a) 185.
(b) 170.
(c) 180.
(d) 165.

3. How many species of gastric-brooding frogs went extinct recently?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. What tattoo did Edgardo Griffith have?
(a) Dragon.
(b) Star.
(c) Skull and crossbones.
(d) Toad skeleton.

5. When was it difficult to avoid stepping on frogs in Sierra Nevada?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1960s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the first mastodon bones discovered that were subjected to scientific study?

2. In the late 1980s, where did an American herpetologist go and find only one single male golden toad?

3. When was the tenth edition of Car Linnaeus' "Systema Naturae" published?

4. When a second set of mastodon bones were found, where we they sent?

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

(see the answer key)

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