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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III-IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Worldwide, how many amphibians species had been identified?
(a) 4,500.
(b) About 5,000.
(c) Just over 7,000.
(d) 3,500.

2. Who first proposed that there had been five great mass extinctions during the history of life on Earth?
(a) Smythe and Brandenburg.
(b) Andrews and Pierson.
(c) Wake and Vredenburg.
(d) Roberts and Whitman.

3. In 1984, where were grains of shocked quartz found in a layer of clay?
(a) Eastern Montana.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Western Utah.
(d) Colorado.

4. When did students begin returning from trips to Sierra Nevada empty-handed?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1985.

5. Where did the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frogs lay their eggs?
(a) Tree holes.
(b) Hollow logs.
(c) Marshy areas.
(d) Hedges.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?

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

3. How many eggs was it thought the great auk produced in a year?

4. What tattoo did Edgardo Griffith have?

5. When Lyell spoke in Boston, how many people tried to get tickets?

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