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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did a volcanic eruption force the entire population of Ischia to take refuge on Castello Aragonese?
(a) 1302.
(b) 1460.
(c) 1312.
(d) 1411.

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

3. Where did evolution emerge as a concept?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

4. During the end-Permian extinction, how much did scientists theorize the seas warmed?
(a) 18 degrees.
(b) 50 degrees.
(c) 70 degrees.
(d) 20 degrees.

5. When did paleontologists publish a study revealing not just the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser extinction events?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1987.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog first identified?

2. When did Cuvier give the "mastodonte" its name in a paper he published?

3. How many auk beaks were found in an ancient grave in Canada?

4. What did the call of the horned marsupial frog sound like?

5. On which edge of Castello Aragonese were the waters more or less unaffected by the vents?

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