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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Of the fossils collected by Kolbert at Dob's Linn, what letter did many of them resemble?
(a) V.
(b) M.
(c) T.
(d) L.

4. When did Captain James Cook encounter the Great Barrier Reef?
(a) 1770.
(b) 1764.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1753.

5. When the oceans emptied out, how many marine species were believed to have died off?
(a) 45 percent.
(b) 65 percent.
(c) 85 percent.
(d) 35 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. When an Australian researcher broke apart a volleyball-sized chunk of coral, how many polychaete worms did he find?

2. How many species of native trees were found in Vermont?

3. Where was the Icelandic Institute of Natural History located?

4. When did a volcanic eruption force the entire population of Ischia to take refuge on Castello Aragonese?

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

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