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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 75,000 pairs.
(c) About 50,000 pairs.
(d) 10,000 pairs.

3. How old was Darwin when the voyage on the HMS "Beagle" ended?
(a) 28.
(b) 24.
(c) 27.
(d) 26.

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

5. What did Paabo's team received as an award for a paper they published in "Science" in May 2010?
(a) $25,000.
(b) $75,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Acropora millepora spawned, how many eggs would be in each egg-sperm bundle?

2. How big was each of Silman's tree plots?

3. In Chapter 11, what did Suci weigh?

4. What did Michael Soule suggest as a name for the era humans lived at the time the author wrote the book?

5. How many species of gastric-brooding frogs went extinct recently?

(see the answer key)

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