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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many miles separated Galapagos from the coast of South America?
(a) 500.
(b) 450.
(c) 350.
(d) 250.

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

3. Where did Silman teach?
(a) Clemson University.
(b) Wake Forest University.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) Furman University.

4. What type of frog can live in the Australian desert?
(a) Sandhill frog.
(b) Wood frog.
(c) Spring peppers.
(d) Tree frogs.

5. How long did the uniformitarian account of extinction hold up?
(a) More than a century.
(b) 75 years.
(c) 115 years.
(d) About 50 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color was the La Loma robber frog?

3. How many species found in the vent-free zone near Castello Aragonese, disappeared in the pH 7.8 zone?

4. From what university were psychologist who recruited undergraduate students for an experiment about perception?

5. When Acropora millepora spawned, how many sperm were in each egg-sperm bundle?

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