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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When was the Alvarezes' paper "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" published?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1979.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Darwin pick up volume two of Lyell's work?

5. How tall were adult auks?

(see the answer key)

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