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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Charles Darwin when he was invited to serve as a sort of gentleman's companion to the captain of the HMS "Beagle"?
(a) 22.
(b) 20.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

2. What color eyes does Kolbert's guide have who shows her around Dob's Linn?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

3. When was the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog first identified?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2012.

4. How many species found in the vent-free zone near Castello Aragonese, disappeared in the pH 7.8 zone?
(a) 3/8.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/3.

5. How many eggs was it thought the great auk produced in a year?
(a) 1.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. How wide was a volcanic crater mentioned by the author in Chapter I?

2. How old was Darwin when the voyage on the HMS "Beagle" ended?

3. According to Paul Crutzen, how much of the earth had been transformed by human activity?

4. What was the modern day name for the island where explorers once found auks?

5. How long were auk eggs?

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