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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the call of the horned marsupial frog sound like?
(a) Whistle.
(b) Popcorn popping.
(c) Popping of the cork of a champagne bottle.
(d) Rain falling on a tin roof.

3. How long a line did Armannsson use when he fished for cod?
(a) 6 miles.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 1,000 feet.
(d) 10,000 feet.

4. According to Pascal Tassy, how many proboscidean species had been identified?
(a) 185.
(b) 180.
(c) 170.
(d) 165.

5. In the late 1980s, where did an American herpetologist go and find only one single male golden toad?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Honduras.
(c) Costa Rica.
(d) Dominican Repulican.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter I, where was a volcanic crater located that is mentioned by the author?

2. When was the breeding season for auks?

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

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

5. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?

(see the answer key)

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