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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 was the tenth edition of Car Linnaeus' "Systema Naturae" published?
(a) 1794.
(b) 1764.
(c) 1736.
(d) 1758.

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

3. How old was Darwin when the voyage on the HMS "Beagle" ended?
(a) 24.
(b) 28.
(c) 26.
(d) 27.

4. When Europeans first landed on an island in Newfoundland, how many auk was it estimated were there?
(a) About 50,000 pairs.
(b) 10,000 pairs.
(c) 75,000 pairs.
(d) As many as 100,000 pairs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many average-sized mice could be killed by the poison in the skin of one golden-frog?

2. What did the market of El Valle offer besides embroidery and hats?

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

4. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?

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

(see the answer key)

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