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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XI-XIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Europeans first landed on an island in Newfoundland, how many auk was it estimated were there?
(a) As many as 100,000 pairs.
(b) 10,000 pairs.
(c) 75,000 pairs.
(d) About 50,000 pairs.

2. How many hooks would Armannsson have on his line when he fished for cod?
(a) 350.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 450.

3. Where was Castello Aragonese located?
(a) 5 miles west of Sorrento.
(b) 18 miles east of Naples.
(c) 18 miles west of Naples.
(d) 8 miles west of Sorrento.

4. How tall did the Arctic willow grow on Ellesmere?
(a) Waist high.
(b) Chest high.
(c) As high as your ankle.
(d) Knee high.

5. In 2004, how many black-faced honeycreepers probably existed?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?

2. How long after the author read an article about the five great mass extinctions that had occurred on the earth did she book a plane to Panama?

3. During the end-Permian extinction, how much did scientists theorize the seas warmed?

4. On the Great Barrier Reef, how large were the sea cucumbers?

5. Who was the first scientist to test sensitivity of coral to the saturation state?

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