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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 Lyell's work was printed in a first run, how many copies were printed?
(a) 45,000.
(b) 1,600.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 300.

2. Where did golden frogs lay their eggs?
(a) Sand dunes.
(b) River banks.
(c) Shallow caves near creeks.
(d) Shallow running water.

3. Where did Darwin pick up volume two of Lyell's work?
(a) Chile.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Montevideo.
(d) Galapagos Islands.

4. When the Alvarezes published their hypothesis, how many sites did they know of where the iridium layer was exposed?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. Where was the Icelandic Institute of Natural History located?
(a) Reykjavik.
(b) Akuyeyri.
(c) Njarovik.
(d) Kopavogur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Charles Lyell grow up?

2. Where was the first clue discovered as to what was killing off frogs around the world?

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

4. How much did Icelanders pay in 1971 to buy the auk back?

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

(see the answer key)

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