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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to an old ballad, who was pushed over a precipice at Dob's Linn?
(a) Shepherd.
(b) A false lover.
(c) Devil.
(d) A small boy.

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

3. What did the market of El Valle offer besides embroidery and hats?
(a) Golden-frog figurines.
(b) Green-frog figurines.
(c) Stuffed falcons.
(d) Embalmed marmots.

4. Where did Darwin pick up volume two of Lyell's work?
(a) Galapagos Islands.
(b) Chile.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Montevideo.

5. In Chapter 5, where was Luis Alvarez able to obtain rock samples?
(a) Russia.
(b) Siberia.
(c) China.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Darwin when the voyage on the HMS "Beagle" ended?

2. According to the Geological Society of America, how much land had people directly transformed?

3. How many species new to science had Silman and his students found?

4. How big was One Tree Island?

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

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