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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Charles Darwin when he was invited to serve as a sort of gentleman's companion to the captain of the HMS "Beagle"?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 22.

2. When was the tenth edition of Car Linnaeus' "Systema Naturae" published?
(a) 1758.
(b) 1764.
(c) 1794.
(d) 1736.

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

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

5. When did Cuvier give the "mastodonte" its name in a paper he published?
(a) 1806.
(b) 1796.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1801.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the golden-frogs in Sante Fe, effectively wiped out?

2. What town about 100 miles north of Rome, might be described as a municipal fossil?

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

4. How long were auk eggs?

5. When Lyell's work was printed in a first run, how many copies were printed?

(see the answer key)

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