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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the Great Barrier Reef, how large were the sea cucumbers?
(a) Size of bolster cushions.
(b) Size of a swim tube.
(c) Size of cucumbers.
(d) Size of a children's table.

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

3. In the late 1980s, where did an American herpetologist go and find only one single male golden toad?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Honduras.
(c) Dominican Repulican.
(d) Costa Rica.

4. 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) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 22.
(d) 20.

5. When did Europeans begin making regular voyages to Newfoundland?
(a) 16th century.
(b) 17th century.
(c) 15th century.
(d) 18th century.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to an old ballad, who was pushed over a precipice at Dob's Linn?

3. When Lyell's work was printed in a first run, how many copies were printed?

4. When did Captain James Cook encounter the Great Barrier Reef?

5. How long a line did Armannsson use when he fished for cod?

(see the answer key)

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