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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 was the best time to take a bat census?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

2. When was the last auk killed?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1821.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1831.

3. When was it believed that the Neanderthal vanished?
(a) 30,000 years ago.
(b) 25,000 years ago.
(c) 20,000 years ago.
(d) 15,000 years ago.

4. How many prey could a colony of army ants on the march consume per day?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 11,000.
(d) 75,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, by what percent did a study by Australian researchers find that the Great Barrier Reef had declined in the last thirty years?

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

3. When was the tenth edition of Car Linnaeus' "Systema Naturae" published?

4. What was the second-largest coral reef located?

5. What did the call of the horned marsupial frog sound like?

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